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Walu RANGE McNICHOLS PINYINNA RANGE BLOODS RANGE Hull River Tjuninanta Karukaki PIULTARANA RANGE PETERMANN RANGES Amputjutu Livingstone Pass DEAN RANGE MANNANANA Hull River RANGE ILYARALONA RANGE WESTERN AUSTRALIA BLOODS NORTHERN TERRITORY Goyder Creek Umbeara Lilla Corella Creek ETTENIA HILLS MOUNT MAGAREY MOUNT FALCONER Creek Creek KELLY HILLS Wide Gum Creek Alpara Opparinna Creek Britten Jones Creek Walytjatjata Kurkutjara Ukatjupa Irkini BUTLER DOME STEVENSON PEAK Mulyati Kurkatingara The Hopkins Ngarngurr Armstrong Creek KATAMALA CONE Pitalu Kunapula POTTOYU HILLS Irving Creek Little Puta Puta Shaw Creek Puta Puta Tjunti Walka Wankari Lasseters Cave Mount Cavenagh Kulgera STUART HIGHWAY Wellmullinna Creek Kalamurta Creek INGUROO HILL Lake Amadeus Chirnside Victory Downs NEWLAND RANGES AYERS RANGE Kulgera Rail Head Outounya Giles Ck MT COWLE OLIA CHAIN MT HARRIS FOSTER CLIFF BENDA HILL STAINES HILLS BORDER HILL MOUNT REYNOLDS MOUNT CECIL Ck MT BOWLEY MOUNT CARRUTHERS MANN RANGES POTTOYU HILLS RGE NORTHERN TERRITORY SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Puntitjata) Bloods Range MOUNT BEARTAUX Mulga Park Umutju Alyapa Pilakatal Docke r River R O W L E Y R A N G E MOUNT HOPETOUN MOUNT CAVENAGH MOUNT BARROW MOUNT SIR HENRY MOUNT ROBERT MOUNT FRASER MOUNT MANN MOUNT JENKINS MOUNT SAMUEL MOUNT COCKBURN MOUNT LE HUNT MOUNT OLGA MOUNT SKENE MOUNT CURDIE MOUNT FAGAN MOUNT MILLER MOUNT McCULLOCH MOUNT PHILLIPS ALLANAH HILL PETERMANN ABORIGINAL LAND TRUST KATITI ABORIGINAL LAND Yulara ULURU - KATA TJUTA NATIONAL PARK KATITI ABORIGINAL LAND Docker River (Kaltukatjara) MT HASTIE No 14 Sentinel Hill Bore de P L P Lku P L P L vp de P L vh P L P Ltj b pi P L Ol Ol P L P L 5 ga pi P L de P L P L P L 5 ga P L P Lbq P L P Lbq bl P L Cmc -- wi P L wi P L de P L de P L P Lng 1 P Lng 1 P Lng 1 P Lga 3 P Lgb 1 P Lng 1 P Lga 3 P Lga 3 P Lga 3 P Lga 1 P Lga 1 P L P Ld P L P L 1 na P L P L 2 na P Ltj a P Lga 1 P Lga 1 de P L P Lgb 2 P Lga 3 P L P L 5 ga P Lng 1 P Lgb 4 P Lgb 3 P L P L 2 na W O O D R O F F E T H R U S T W O O D R O F F E T H R U ST WT WT? W O O D R O F F E T H R U S T WT P Lng 1 P Lga 3 P Lga 1 P Lga 1 P L P L 2 ga P L P L 2 ga P L P L 2 ga de P L de P L de P L P L P L 5 ga P L P L 5 ga P Lga 4 Cmc -- de P L pi P L wa P L pi P L P Lga 1 P Lga 1 P Ltj a P L P L vp P Ltj b WT bl P L P Lga 1a P Lga 1a vh P L vp P L bl P L d P L P L P L 6 ga P L P L 7 ga P L P L 7 ga P L P L 7 ga P L P L 6 ga P L P L 9 ga wi P L wi P L 8 P L P Lga P L P Ld 8 P L P Lga P L P L 6 ga 6 ga P L P L 6 ga P L P L P L P L 2 ng P L P L 7 ga P L P L 5 ga de P L P L P L 5 ga P L P Lbq de P L pi P L pi P L P L P L 2 ga P L P L 5 ga de P L de P L P Ltj b P Ltj a P Ltj c vh P L P L P L vp pi P L P Lga 1 P L P L 5 ga P L P L 5 ga P L P L 2 ga P L P L 5 ga P L P Ld 8 P L P Lga P L P L 1 na P Lng 4 P Lng 3 P Lng 3 P Lng 4 P Lug P Lng 1 P Lng 1 P Lng 1 P L P L 4 ng P Lgb 5 P L P L 4 ng Ol P L P L 1 na P L P L 1 na P L P L 1 na Pd Pd P L P L 1 na P L P L 1 ng P L P L 5 ga P L P L 1 na P L P L 1 na P L P L 1 na P L P L 5 ga P L P L 5 ga P L P L 5 ga P L P L 5 ga P L P L 1 ng wi P L wi P L in P L in P L 6 P L P Lga P L P L 2 na P L P L 5 ga Ol Pin W O O D R O F F E T H R UST BLOODS BACKTHRUST ZONE PILTARDI DETACHMENT ZONE WANKARI DETACHMENT ZONE MANN FAULT Pbq Pd vw P L Df Df Df Df Mz Mz Mz Df P L P L 4 ng P Lga 1 wi P L wi P L in P L in P L Mz Mz Mz Mz Mz Mz Mz ? ? ? 60 55 55 45 60 25 15 45 25 30 30 40 55 5 45 45 50 45 45 30 70 65 45 70 50 70 60 55 30 30 25 70 15 5 35 10 20 40 30 55 50 45 25 25 40 20 25 35 65 30 40 20 40 40 20 60 40 65 35 20 35 50 50 55 50 65 50 65 30 30 35 85 25 30 85 40 40 55 65 20 60 35 50 45 45 50 20 50 35 50 20 35 45 55 25 45 25 20 35 40 60 50 50 30 50 70 30 30 60 40 25 30 50 55 25 65 20 65 70 85 20 80 60 35 20 80 20 40 30 40 35 35 45 35 25 20 40 30 70 70 60 35 50 40 35 55 35 35 35 25 85 70 35 30 35 55 55 45 20 40 30 50 45 40 40 40 45 25 30 30 65 45 20 30 35 10 45 Cu Cu Cu 60 50 50 40 60 Ag,Cu,Ni,Zn 15 25 85 Ag,Cu,Pb,Au 30 80 20 15 30 75 75 65 40 15 40 20 75 55 45 35 35 35 35 35 25 50 50 60 70 50 35 30 45 75 45 35 55 60 55 60 70 30 25 25 25 45 55 50 35 35 55 30 65 75 70 70 35 55 45 70 10 10 30 35 35 20 65 75 45 50 5 10 60 30 30 45 40 50 20 10 30 80 65 45 65 35 40 60 65 40 45 75 45 65 45 40 75 40 65 75 50 65 70 60 45 20 65 60 45 70 60 40 40 40 40 45 35 45 40 55 75 5 50 20 20 75 60 50 25 10 50 70 70 20 25 65 50 17 55 10 10 20 40 20 15 15 40 15 25 35 10 15 20 30 00 20 70 77 45 74 47 45 60 80 88 80 75 60 45 60 38 40 60 38 22 35 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 20 10 10 25 10 45 45 20 20 40 25 15 20 10 45 50 30 30 30 10 20 15 15 65 35 40 40 35 40 5 25 30 30 30 35 30 30 20 25 45 20 10 70 45 50 70 30 50 55 30 75 10 30 30 50 20 35 10 20 25 25 5 25 5 5 25 35 55 20 20 45 45 40 55 45 20 20 20 20 85 45 25 25 25 20 30 25 25 25 25 15 15 15 15 25 20 20 20 30 30 40 15 70 30 30 30 20 20 15 25 25 25 25 15 20 10 35 10 40 30 55 20 40 65 45 75 80 50 85 55 15 65 70 70 40 80 40 30 25 30 20 25 30 20 20 30 50 70 20 80 35 60 30 80 20 20 30 35 15 40 30 80 75 20 Cu Cu Cu 25 70 54 78 85 62 85 20 20 60 60 60 45 45 50 55 30 65 25 65 35 65 25 60 30 35 30 15 15 15 15 10 15 20 20 25 30 25 60 45 25 45 50 50 50 45 35 50 50 50 30 30 30 30 40 55 49 25 22 66 68 81 19 27 4 40 35 40 25 60 60 26°00' P Lbq P Lna P L ga P L ka wi P L pi P L de P L mc C L P L Pvp vh P L d P L d P L ku P L 27°00' 27°00' 127°30' 127°30' 24°00' 24°00' 135°00' 135°00' SG 52-14 MACDONALD SG 52-02 RAWLINSON 3°45'E SG 52-06 SCOTT SG 52-10 COOPER WA SA 4°00'E NT WA SG 52-11 MOUNT RENNIE SG 52-03 BLOODS RANGE 4°15'E SG 52-07 SG 52-11 MANN 4°30'E SG 52-04 LAKE AMADEUS SG 52-16 MOUNT LIEBIG SG 52-12 WOODROFFE 4°45'E SG 53-13 HERMANNSBERG SG 53-01 HENBURY SG 53-05 KULGERA SG 53-06 FINKE SG 53-02 RODINGA SG 53-14 ALICE SPRINGS NT SA 5°45'E 5°30'E 5°15'E 5°00'E INDEX TO ADJOINING MAPS PETERMANN RANGES SG 53-09 ALBERGA SG 53-10 ABMINGA d P L d P L P Lng d P L d P L P Lna P Lbq + - + - 45 60 75 65 75 q vp P L bl P L P Ltj b P Ltj a P Ltj c 70 70 P Lga 1a P Lga 1 P Lga 2 P Lga 3 P Lga 4 P Lga 5 P Lga 6 P Lga 7 P Lga 8 P Lga 9 P Lna 1 P Lna 2 1 L P L P ng L P 3 L P L P ng 4 L P L P ng + - L P L P tj(a-c) gb P L ORDOVICIAN CAMBRIAN NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOPROTEROZOIC PROTEROZOIC Mafic gneiss- two pyroxene mafic gneiss; interlayered mafic and felsic gneisses Larapinta Group - white sandstone, locally bioturbated; minor siltstone and conglomeratic sandstone PALAEOZOIC Cz Giles Complex Dean Quartzite - crystalline quartz sandstone, rare vein quartz pebble conglomerate, quartz-kyanite-muscovite layers, red/purple crystalline quartz sandstone, feldspathic sandstone PETERMANN OROGENY 570 - 530 Ma 2 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 7 6 8 1 2 5 GEOLOGICAL SYMBOLS Fault; concealed, inferred Strike and dip of strata Strike and dip of Petermann Orogeny foliation Strike and dip of strata parallel to foliation Strike and dip of inverted strata Mafic dyke Quartz vein Fault; mapped, approximate Strike and dip of foliation, plunge of mineral elongation and plunge of intersection lineation Fault; concealed, thrust (interpreted from magnetic, gravity and geological data) ? Strike and dip of gneissic foliation Musgravian Event Strike and dip of second gneissic foliation Musgravian Event 1080 - 1040 Ma granite 1080 - 1040 Ma granite 1 2 4 1190 - 1120 Ma granite 1190 - 1120 Ma granite Tjauwata Group 1a TOPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS Musgravian gneiss - Amphibolite facies Musgravian gneiss - Granulite facies 2 ng Unfoliated medium-grained biotite-muscovite granite with accessory garnet Quartzite, quartz-muscovite schist and dark grey phyllitic schist Volcaniclastics NTGS-GA NGMA NTGS Amata Dykes - dolerite dykes Ol 1 d P L P Lgb P Lgb MAP LOCALITY DARWIN ALICE SPRINGS NORTHERN TERRITORY MAGNETIC DECLINATION Blue lines show magnetic declination for epoch 1995 derived from the 1995 AGRF model. Magnetic declination for is approximately 4°37' at the centre of the map. Annual change is per year easterly. Information is current for 2002. 2002 1' P Ltj c P Ltj b P Ltj a P Lga P Lga 3 P Lng P L 1 gb P L gb 2 P L gb 3 P L 4 gb Karukali Quartzite ug P L P L vh ka P L ug P L Giles Complex - pyroxenite and norite P Lna 2 4 Musgravian gneiss (1600-1540 Ma) Musgravian gneiss (1600-1540 Ma) Mount Harris Basalt Bloods Range Formation Peraluminous gneiss - cordierite and sillimanite garnet gneiss, rare mafic granulite and pelitic gneiss, garnet-orthopyroxene-biotite gneiss in P L Inindia beds in P L FREGON DOMAIN MULGA PARK DOMAIN ALICE SPRINGS OROGENY 400 - 300 Ma Cmc Larapinta Group Ol wi P L Winnall beds pi P L Pinyinna beds de P L Dean Quartzite P Lku Ref No Sample No 1 BR98DFC550 2 PR96IRS623 3 PR96IRS549 4 BR98DFC491 5 BR97CJE153 6 PR95IRS420 7 BR97CJE73 8 BR98DFC429 9 P89/433 10 PR96IRS526 11 P88/34 12 PR95DFC439 13 PR96IRS529 14 PR95IRS396 15 PR95IRS361 16 PR96DFC535 17 PR96IRS592 18 PR96IRS747 19 PR96IRS741 20 A94/1402 21 O94/57F 22 A94/1378 23 A93/63 24 A92/10A 25 BJ96/277A 26 BJ96/280 27 BJ75 28 BJ96/220 29 MP94/503 30 MP-98 31 MP-1 32 MP-21 33 MP-5 34 MP-43 35 S-12 36 S-5 37 S-556 38 FI00CJE44 Long Lat 24°57' 25°07' 25°37' 24°50' 24°38' 25°57' 24°42' 24°46' 25°15' 25°36' 25°08' 25°56' 25°43' 25°59' 25°59' 25°58' 25°59' 25°44' 25°45' 25°44' 25°14' 25°45' 25°52' 25°51' 25°39' 25°41' 25°56' 25°50' 25°52' 25°57' 26°00' 26°00' 25°57' 25°59' 25°54' 25°56' 25°50' 25°54' 129°04' 129°04' 129°20' 129°21' 129°24' 129°25' 129°27' 129°31' 129°39' 129°50' 129°52' 129°54' 129°57' 130°02' 130°11' 130°11' 130°16' 130°20' 130°21' 130°34' 130°35' 130°36' 130°47' 130°53' 131°22' 131°24' 131°25' 131°26' 131°38' 131°38' 131°44' 131°45' 131°47' 131°49' 133°09' 133°14' 133°18' 133°50' U-Pb zircon geochronology sample locations O c R Brescianini, Director, Northern Territory Geological Survey FIRST EDITION 2004 SHEET - SPECIAL Northern Territory Geological Survey NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT 2004 SOLID GEOLOGY 25°30' 134°00' 26°00' 134°00' 130°30' 24°30' 131°00' 25°00' 129°00 26°00' 50 100 0 150 km SCALE 1:500 000 0 10 20 30 40 PROJECTION: ALBERS EQUAL AREA SPHEROID: GRS 80 10 24°30' 24°30' 129°00 50 kilometres 50 100 0 150 km 50 100 0 150 km -3 Gravity data acquired by Geoscience Australia 129°00 131°00' 25°00' 25°30' 134°00' 26°00' 134°00' 129°00 130°30' 24°30' Pseudocolour image of the reduced to pole TMI with a synthetic sun illumination from the northeast. 24°30' 129°00 129°00 26°00' 131°00' 25°00' 25°30' 134°00' 26°00' 134°00' 130°30' 24°30' NORTHERN TERRITORY AUSTRALIA 1:500 000 GEOLOGICAL SPECIAL Geological boundary Fault; concealed, showing relative displacement (interpreted from magnetic data) Mineral occurrence Prospect Syncline WARNING: Colours will fade with prolonged exposure to light. 29 Geochronology sample location and reference number SG 52-08 AYERS ROCK MUSGRAVE BLOCK MUSGRAVE BLOCK DATA SOURCE AMADEUS BASIN Cz MUSGRAVE BLOCK 9 GILES EVENT PITJANTJATJARA SUPERSUITE PITJANTJATJARA SUPERSUITE MUSGRAVE OROGENY 1200 - 1160 Ma Alcurra dolerite Amata dolerite GILES EVENT vw P L bl P L vw P L Mz Mesozoic Eromanga Basin - friable white kaolinitic quartz sandstone; minor quartz conglomerate and very fine siltstone Df Df Finke Group Granite DEVONIAN MESOZOIC TO CENOZOIC Thrust (WT - Woodroffe Thrust) Mz Cu Wankari Volcanics Pitjantjatjara Supersuite 1190 - 1120 Ma Cenozoic and Quaternary surficial deposits - sand, silt, clay, gravel, loose rock; deposited in colluvial, eluvial, alluvial and aeolian environments Felsic gneiss - migmatitic grey biotite gneiss, banded biotite gneiss, leucocratic biotite gneiss MUSGRAVE BLOCK AMADEUS BASIN EROMANGA BASIN TJAUWATA GROUP Puntitjata Rhyolite ~ 1075 Ma Alcurra Dykes -amphibolite and dolerite dykes, sills and plugs; minor gabbro Greenschist facies (UG = upper greenschist) Lower-mid amphibolite facies (E = epidote amphibolite) PETERMANN OROGENY E E E UG UG 5-6 6 >4 6-7 13 9 10 9 10 12 12 13 M T RO BE RT MT COWLE BLOODS RANGE PETERMANN BU TLER DOM E MT JENKINS K ATAM ALA CO NE RANGES MT SAMUEL 132°00' 134°00' 25°30' 132°00' 133°00' 134°00' 26°00' 25°00' 24°30' 130°00' 24°30' 129°00' 130°30' 131°00' 131°00' 26°00' 129°00' 130°00' Upper amphibolite facies Granulite facies MT O LG A MUSGRAVE OROGENY Medium-pressure upper amphibolite facies High-pressure garnet amphibolite facies Garnet granulite facies 6- Pressure estimate in kbar (Petermann Orogeny only) mig m atite isograd Umbeara Victory Downs Mount Cavenagh Kulgera HWY STUART Mulga Park M T FR A SER W O O DR O F F E N.T. W.A. N.T. S.A. S T U R H T T H R U ST W O O D R O F F E Yulara Docker River (Kaltukatjara) 0 50 100 km METAMORPHIC FACIES DIAGRAM Tjuninanta Formation Tjuninanta Formation Mount Currie Conglomerate Mount Currie Conglomerate - conglomerate containing clasts of sandstone, quartzite, felsic and mafic volcanics, granite, gneiss, mafic intrusives Finke Group - fine to medium quartz sandstone; minor siltstone and shale; pebble and boulder conglomerate Winnall beds - brown to pale quartz sandstone, often micaceous, dominantly tabular but massive in upper part; minor red-purple fine sandstone to siltstone Inindia Beds - quartz sandstone, medium to coarse, may be massive or well bedded, often ferruginised, sometimes quartzitic; siltstone, red, yellow or pale, often strongly ferruginised; chert and jasper layers, often structureless, sometimes breccias; conglomerate Pinyinna beds - grey quartz-muscovite phyllite, crystalline dolostone, fine grained sandstone, red, green and pale grey fissile siltstone, dolomitic siltstone Kulail Sandstone - red/purple crystalline quartz sandstone, abundant trough cross-beds, local heavy mineral layers of hematite and magnetite Angatja Suite - porphyritic orthopyroxene-clinopyroxene granite, charnockite, and hornblende-biotite granite, variably mylonitised and recrystallised to garnet-clinopyroxene-biotite-bearing assemblages Hull Suite - biotite-muscovite granite, weakly foliated; coarsely porphyritic biotite-muscovite-epidote-garnet granite Michell Nob Granite - coarse, porphyritic biotite-hornblende granite, variably mylonitised. Locally garnet-bearing Nulchara Charnockite - coarse, porphyritic charnockite with clinopyroxene-orthopyroxene-hornblende-biotite and common rapakivi texture Wankari Volcanics - porphyritic rhyolite with rare epidotised and amygdeloidal mafic volcanics Bloods Range Formation - red shales, polymictic conglomerate, volcaniclastics, tuffaceous horizons and local lensoidal quartz sandstone beds Puntitjata Rhyolite - porphyritic rhyolite Mount Harris Basalt - variably silicified and epidotised, amygdaloidal basalt Interlensed, silicified, epidotised amygdaloidal basalt Pottoyu Suite - coarsely porphyritic foliated biotite granite, typically with rapakivi texture, locally migmatitic with coarse hornblende; less abundant equigranular leucogranite Amputjuta Dacite - finely porphyritic hypabyssal dacite Mantarrur Suite - dominantly porphyritic granite, with biotite-rich matrix, varies from megacrystic to fine- or meduim-grained, mostly foliated; minor leucogranite; minor muscovite-bearing granite Umutju Suite - foliated to undeformed clinopyroxene- and/or hornblende-bearing porphyritic granite with rounded blue-grey phenocrysts of K-feldspar. Less commonly equigranular and medium-grained. Localised biotite-hornblende-garnet migmatite Walal Granite - porphyritic hornblende-biotite granite and granodiorite, with less abundant equigranular leucogranite; variably deformed and recrystallised to garnet-bearing assemblages Kulpitjata Suite - variably deformed porphyritic biotite granite, minor hornblende granite Ayers Range Granite - porphyritic clinopyroxene-hornblende-biotite monzonite and granodiorite Kulgera Granite - porphyritic hornblende-biotite granite and quartz monzonite Umbeara granites - biotite and biotite-muscovite granites, variably foliated, fine- to coarse-grained, locally weakly porphyritic, dominantly xenolithic, rarely garnet-bearing, intruded by numerous veins and dykes of pegmatite, aplite, microgranite, granophyre Metasedimentary rocks and mafics - biotite-muscovite sillimanite gneiss; muscovite-biotite-garnet-viridine schist; amphibolite, quartzite Quartzite - gritty to pebbly quartz-muscovite schist; schistose quartz conglomerate; muscovite-phlogopite-epidote-quartz kyanite schist; rare phyllite Felsic gneiss - quartzofeldspathic orthopyroxene-biotite-bearing gneiss, less commonly with clinopyroxene, garnet and/or hornblende, tonalitic biotite gneiss; rare mafic granulite and pelitic gneiss Sand ridges Sealed road Unsealed road Vehicle track Railway Building Landing ground River, creek Karukali Quartzite - white crystalline quartz sandstone; rounded quartz pebble conglomerate beds; local heavy mineral layers of hematite and magnetite Early-syntectonic granites - tonalitic biotite gneiss, granitic gneiss, clinopyroxene-hornblende gneiss, porphyritic orthopyroxene granite The Northern Territory Government does not warrant this map as definitive, nor free from error and does not accept liability for loss caused by, or arising from reliance upon information provided herein. Produced by, and plot on demand created by Northern Territory Geological Survey, Cartographic Services, Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development, Alice Springs, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Mines and Energy, the Honourable KONSTANTINE (KON) VATSKALIS, MLA. Base map compiled by NTGS from 1:250 000-scale topographic data supplied by the National Mapping Division, Geoscience Australia, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. DIGITAL DATA: Map data is stored in MapInfo and Microstation format (DGN). Map information can be obtained from NTGS as hardcopy plots and/or digital files. Information on formats and release conditions are available from NTGS Sales Counter, 3rd floor Centrepoint Building, Darwin. Phone (08) 8999 6443 or 58 Hartley Street, Alice Springs. Phone (08) 8951 5658 or visit the NTGS website at www.dbird.nt.gov.au/ntgs. MAGNETIC IMAGE GRAVITY IMAGE Northern Territory Government Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development Pseudocolour image of Bouguer gravity calculated using a density of 2.67 tm . Contour interval 50 -2 l um.s STANDARD PARALLELS: 13°30' and 23°30' SOUTH CENTRAL MERIDIAN: 133°30' EAST Giles Event 1080 - 1040 Ma Geological input: 1988-1989 Petermann 1:100 000, N Duncan 1989-1996 Ayers Rock 1:250 000 A Camacho, N Duncan, T Madigan, D Young, P Ferenczi 1995-1996 Petermann Ranges 1:250 000, IR Scrimgeour, DF Close, CJ Edgoose, A Cutovinos 1997-1998 Bloods Range 1:250 000, DF Close, CJ Edgoose, IR Scrimgeour 1986-1989 Kulgera 1:250 000, CJ Edgoose, A Camacho, GA Wakelin-King, M Freeman, S Wyche, RA Stidolph 1992/1999 Umbeara 1:100 000, N Duncan, A Stewart / CJ Edgoose, DF Close Geophysical interpretation: 2000 KR Slater Compiled: 2001-2003 CJ Edgoose Refer to this map as: EDGOOSE CJ, CLOSE DF, SCRIMGEOUR I R, 2004. Musgrave Block Special, Northern Territory (First Edition) 1:500 000-scale geological map. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Alice Springs. Accompanying text publication: EDGOOSE CJ, SCRIMGEOUR IR, and CLOSE DF, 2004. Geology of the Musgrave Block, Northern Territory. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Report 15. Associated map: SLATER K R, 2004, in prep. Musgrave Block Special,Northern Territory, Integrated Interpretation of Geophysics and Geology, 1:500 000-scale map . Northern Territory Geological Survey, Alice Springs. Cartography: 2001-2003 P Carter, DA Lambton-Young, L Heard Latest edited plot created: 11th February 2004 q q q ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? q ? ? 38 37 36 35 34 33 25 28 27 20 22 23 24 14 15 16 17 19 18 13 12 6 3 10 2 9 11 4 1 8 21 30 31,32 7 5 29 26 129°00' 129°00' 129°30' 129°30' 130°00' 130°00' 130°30' 130°30' 131°00' 131°00' 131°30' 131°30' 132°00' 132°00' 132°30' 132°30' 133°00' 133°00' 133°30' 133°30' 134°00' 134°00' 26°00' 26°00' 25°30' 25°30' 25°00' 25°00' 24°30' W O O D R O F F E T H R U S T WT WT WT WT W O O D R O F F E T H R UST? NEOPROTEROZOIC Giles Complex PETERMANN OROGENY 570 - 530 Ma MESOPROTEROZOIC Undivided sediments Sandstone Quartzite, carbonate, siltstone Amphibolite facies gneiss Granulite facies gneiss 1080 - 1040 granite 1190 - 1120 granite Tjauwata Group MUSGRAVE BLOCK AMADEUS BASIN PALAEO- ZOIC MUSGRAVE OROGENY 1200 - 1160 Ma Mount Currie sub-basin sediments

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  • Walu

    RANGEMcNICHOLS

    PINYINNA RANGE

    BLOODS

    RANGE

    Hull

    River

    Tjuninanta

    Karukaki PIULTARANA

    RANGE

    PETERMANN

    RANGES

    Amputjutu

    LivingstonePass

    DEAN

    RAN

    GE MANNANANA

    Hull

    River

    RANGE

    ILYARALONA RANGE

    WE

    ST

    ER

    N A

    US

    TR

    ALIA

    BLOODS

    NO

    RT

    HE

    RN

    TE

    RR

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    Goyder

    Creek

    Umbeara

    Lilla

    Cor

    ella

    Creek

    ETTENIAHILLS

    MOUNTMAGAREY

    MOUNTFALCONER

    Cre

    ek

    Cree

    k

    KELLY

    HILLS

    WideGum

    Creek

    AlparaOp

    parin

    na

    Creek

    Britten

    JonesC

    reek

    Walytjatjata

    Kurkutjara

    Ukatjupa

    Irkini

    BUTLER DOME

    STEVENSON PEAK

    Mulyati

    Kurkatingara

    The Hopkins

    NgarngurrAr

    mst

    rong

    Cree

    k

    KATAMALA CONE

    Pitalu

    Kunapula

    POTTOYU HILLS

    Irving

    Cree

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    Little Puta Puta

    Sha

    wC

    reek

    Puta Puta

    Tjunti

    Walka

    Wankari

    Lasseters Cave

    Mount Cavenagh

    Kulgera

    STU

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    TH

    IGH

    WAY

    Wellm

    ullinna

    Creek

    Kalam

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    reek

    INGUROO HILL

    LakeAmadeus

    Chirnside

    VictoryDowns

    NEWLAND

    RANGES

    AYERS RANG

    E

    KulgeraRail Head

    Outounya

    Giles Ck

    MT COWLE

    OLIA CHAIN

    MTHARRIS

    FOSTERCLIFF

    BENDAHILL

    STAINES HILLS

    BORDERHILL

    MOUNTREYNOLDS

    MOUNTCECIL

    Ck

    MTBOWLEY

    MOUNTCARRUTHERS

    MANN RANGES

    POTTOYU HILLS

    RGE

    NORTHERN TERRITORY

    SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    (Puntitjata)Bloods Range

    MOUNTBEARTAUX

    Mulga Park

    Umutju

    Alyapa

    Pilakatal

    Docker R

    iver

    ROWLEY RANGE

    MOUNT HOPETOUN

    MOUNT CAVENAGHMOUNT

    BARROW

    MOUNT SIR HENRY

    MOUNT ROBERT

    MOUNT FRASER

    MOUNT MANN

    MOUNTJENKINS

    MOUNT SAMUEL

    MOUNT COCKBURN

    MOUNT LE HUNT

    MOUNT OLGA

    MOUNTSKENE

    MOUNTCURDIE

    MOUNTFAGAN

    MOUNTMILLER

    MOUNTMcCULLOCH

    MOUNTPHILLIPS

    ALLANAHHILL

    PETERMANN ABORIGINAL LAND TRUST

    KATITI ABORIGINAL LAND

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    ULURU - KATA TJUTA NATIONAL PARK

    KATITI ABORIGINAL LAND

    Docker River(Kaltukatjara)

    MTHASTIE

    No 14Sentinel Hill Bore

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    27°00'27°00'127°30'

    127°30'24°00' 24°00'

    135°00'

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    SG 52-14MACDONALD

    SG 52-02RAWLINSON

    3°45

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    SG 52-06SCOTT

    SG 52-10COOPER

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    SG 52-11MOUNT RENNIE

    SG 52-03BLOODS RANGE

    4°15

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    SG 52-07

    SG 52-11MANN

    4°30

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    SG 52-04LAKE AMADEUS

    SG 52-16MOUNT LIEBIG

    SG 52-12WOODROFFE

    4°45

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    SG 53-13HERMANNSBERG

    SG 53-01HENBURY

    SG 53-05KULGERA

    SG 53-06FINKE

    SG 53-02RODINGA

    SG 53-14ALICE SPRINGS

    NTSA

    5°45

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    INDEX TO ADJOINING MAPS

    PETERMANN RANGES

    SG 53-09ALBERGA

    SG 53-10ABMINGA

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    Mafic gneiss- two pyroxene mafic gneiss; interlayered mafic and felsic gneisses

    Larapinta Group - white sandstone, locally bioturbated; minor siltstone and conglomeratic sandstone

    PA

    LA

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    Cz

    GilesComplex

    Dean Quartzite - crystalline quartz sandstone, rare vein quartz pebble conglomerate, quartz-kyanite-muscovite layers,red/purple crystalline quartz sandstone, feldspathic sandstone

    PETERMANN OROGENY 570 - 530 Ma

    21

    1

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    3

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    GEOLOGICAL SYMBOLS

    Fault; concealed, inferred

    Strike and dip of strata

    Strike and dip of Petermann Orogeny foliation

    Strike and dip of strata parallel to foliation

    Strike and dip of inverted strata

    Mafic dyke

    Quartz vein

    Fault; mapped, approximate

    Strike and dip of foliation, plunge of mineralelongation and plunge of intersection lineation

    Fault; concealed, thrust (interpreted frommagnetic, gravity and geological data)

    ?

    Strike and dip of gneissic foliation Musgravian Event

    Strike and dip of second gneissic foliation Musgravian Event

    1080 - 1040 Ma granite 1080 - 1040 Ma granite

    1 2 4

    1190 - 1120 Ma granite 1190 - 1120 Ma granite

    Tjauwata Group

    1a

    TOPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS

    Musgravian gneiss - Amphibolite facies

    Musgravian gneiss - Granulite facies

    2ng

    Unfoliated medium-grained biotite-muscovite granite with accessory garnet

    Quartzite, quartz-muscovite schist and dark grey phyllitic schistVolcaniclastics

    NTGS-GA NGMA

    NTGS

    Amata Dykes - dolerite dykes

    Ol

    1

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    MAP LOCALITY

    DARWIN

    ALICE SPRINGS

    NORTHERNTERRITORY

    MAGNETIC DECLINATIONBlue lines show magnetic declination for epoch 1995 derived from the 1995 AGRF model. Magnetic declination for is approximately 4°37' at the centre of the map. Annual change is per year easterly. Information is current for 2002.

    20021'

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    Karukali Quartzite

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    ugPL Giles Complex - pyroxenite and norite

    PLna24

    Musgravian gneiss (1600-1540 Ma)Musgravian gneiss (1600-1540 Ma)

    Mount Harris Basalt

    Bloods Range Formation

    Peraluminous gneiss - cordierite and sillimanite garnet gneiss, rare mafic granulite and pelitic gneiss,garnet-orthopyroxene-biotite gneiss

    inPLInindia beds

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    FREGON DOMAIN MULGA PARK DOMAIN

    ALICE SPRINGS OROGENY 400 - 300 Ma

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    Ref No Sample No

    1 BR98DFC5502 PR96IRS6233 PR96IRS5494 BR98DFC4915 BR97CJE1536 PR95IRS4207 BR97CJE738 BR98DFC4299 P89/43310 PR96IRS52611 P88/3412 PR95DFC43913 PR96IRS52914 PR95IRS39615 PR95IRS36116 PR96DFC53517 PR96IRS59218 PR96IRS74719 PR96IRS74120 A94/140221 O94/57F22 A94/137823 A93/6324 A92/10A25 BJ96/277A26 BJ96/28027 BJ7528 BJ96/22029 MP94/50330 MP-9831 MP-132 MP-2133 MP-534 MP-4335 S-1236 S-537 S-55638 FI00CJE44

    LongLat

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    129°04'129°04'129°20'129°21'129°24'129°25'129°27'129°31'129°39'129°50'129°52'129°54'129°57'130°02'130°11'130°11'130°16'130°20'130°21'130°34'130°35'130°36'130°47'130°53'131°22'131°24'131°25'131°26'131°38'131°38'131°44'131°45'131°47'131°49'133°09'133°14'133°18'133°50'

    U-Pb zircon geochronology sample locations

    Oc

    R Brescianini, Director, Northern Territory Geological Survey

    FIRST EDITION 2004

    SHEET - SPECIAL

    NorthernTerritoryGeologicalSurvey

    NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT 2004

    SOLID GEOLOGY

    25°30'134°00'

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    Pseudocolour image of the reduced to pole TMI with a synthetic sun illumination from the northeast.

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    NORTHERN TERRITORYAUSTRALIA 1:500 000 GEOLOGICAL SPECIAL

    Geological boundary

    Fault; concealed, showing relative displacement (interpreted from magnetic data)

    Mineral occurrence

    Prospect

    Syncline

    WARNING: Colours will fade with prolonged exposure to light.

    29 Geochronology sample location and reference number

    SG 52-08AYERS ROCK

    MUSGRAVE BLOCK

    MUSGRAVE BLOCK

    DATA SOURCE

    AMADEUS BASIN

    Cz

    MUSGRAVE BLOCK

    9

    GILES EVENT

    PITJANTJATJARA SUPERSUITE PITJANTJATJARA SUPERSUITE

    MUSGRAVE OROGENY 1200 - 1160 Ma

    Alcurra dolerite

    Amata dolerite

    GILES EVENT

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    Mz Mesozoic Eromanga Basin - friable white kaolinitic quartz sandstone; minor quartz conglomerate and very fine siltstone

    DfDfFinke Group

    Granite

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    WankariVolcanics

    Pitjantjatjara Supersuite 1190 - 1120 Ma

    Cenozoic and Quaternary surficial deposits - sand, silt, clay, gravel, loose rock; deposited in colluvial, eluvial, alluvialand aeolian environments

    Felsic gneiss - migmatitic grey biotite gneiss, banded biotite gneiss, leucocratic biotite gneiss

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    TJAUWATA GROUP

    Puntitjata Rhyolite ~ 1075 Ma

    Alcurra Dykes -amphibolite and dolerite dykes, sills and plugs; minor gabbro

    Greenschist facies (UG = upper greenschist)

    Lower-mid amphibolite facies (E = epidote amphibolite)

    PETERMANN OROGENY

    EE

    E

    UGUG

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    6

    >4

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    13

    9

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    MT ROBERT

    MT COWLE

    BLOODSRANGE

    PETERMANN

    BUTLERDOME

    MT JENKINS

    KATAMALACONE

    RANGES

    MT SAMUEL

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    Upper amphibolite facies

    Granulite facies

    MT OLGA

    MUSGRAVE OROGENY

    Medium-pressure upper amphibolite facies

    High-pressure garnet amphibolite facies

    Garnet granulite facies

    6 - Pressure estimate in kbar (Petermann Orogeny only)

    migmatite isograd

    Umbeara

    VictoryDowns

    MountCavenagh

    Kulgera

    HW

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    ART

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    WOOD

    ROFFE

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    STURHT

    THRUST

    WOODROFFE

    Yulara

    Docker River(Kaltukatjara)

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    METAMORPHIC FACIES DIAGRAM

    Tjuninanta Formation

    Tjuninanta Formation

    Mount CurrieConglomerate Mount Currie Conglomerate - conglomerate containing clasts of sandstone, quartzite, felsic and mafic volcanics, granite,gneiss, mafic intrusives

    Finke Group - fine to medium quartz sandstone; minor siltstone and shale; pebble and boulder conglomerate

    Winnall beds - brown to pale quartz sandstone, often micaceous, dominantly tabular but massive in upper part;minor red-purple fine sandstone to siltstone

    Inindia Beds - quartz sandstone, medium to coarse, may be massive or well bedded, often ferruginised,sometimes quartzitic; siltstone, red, yellow or pale, often strongly ferruginised; chert and jasperlayers, often structureless, sometimes breccias; conglomerate

    Pinyinna beds - grey quartz-muscovite phyllite, crystalline dolostone, fine grained sandstone, red, green andpale grey fissile siltstone, dolomitic siltstone

    Kulail Sandstone - red/purple crystalline quartz sandstone, abundant trough cross-beds, local heavy mineral layers ofhematite and magnetite

    Angatja Suite - porphyritic orthopyroxene-clinopyroxene granite, charnockite, and hornblende-biotite granite,variably mylonitised and recrystallised to garnet-clinopyroxene-biotite-bearing assemblagesHull Suite - biotite-muscovite granite, weakly foliated; coarsely porphyritic biotite-muscovite-epidote-garnet graniteMichell Nob Granite - coarse, porphyritic biotite-hornblende granite, variably mylonitised. Locally garnet-bearingNulchara Charnockite - coarse, porphyritic charnockite with clinopyroxene-orthopyroxene-hornblende-biotiteand common rapakivi texture

    Wankari Volcanics - porphyritic rhyolite with rare epidotised and amygdeloidal mafic volcanicsBloods Range Formation - red shales, polymictic conglomerate, volcaniclastics, tuffaceous horizonsand local lensoidal quartz sandstone beds

    Puntitjata Rhyolite - porphyritic rhyoliteMount Harris Basalt - variably silicified and epidotised, amygdaloidal basalt

    Interlensed, silicified, epidotised amygdaloidal basalt

    Pottoyu Suite - coarsely porphyritic foliated biotite granite, typically with rapakivi texture, locally migmatitic withcoarse hornblende; less abundant equigranular leucograniteAmputjuta Dacite - finely porphyritic hypabyssal daciteMantarrur Suite - dominantly porphyritic granite, with biotite-rich matrix, varies from megacrystic to fine- or meduim-grained,mostly foliated; minor leucogranite; minor muscovite-bearing graniteUmutju Suite - foliated to undeformed clinopyroxene- and/or hornblende-bearing porphyritic granite with rounded blue-greyphenocrysts of K-feldspar. Less commonly equigranular and medium-grained. Localised biotite-hornblende-garnet migmatite Walal Granite - porphyritic hornblende-biotite granite and granodiorite, with less abundant equigranular leucogranite;variably deformed and recrystallised to garnet-bearing assemblagesKulpitjata Suite - variably deformed porphyritic biotite granite, minor hornblende graniteAyers Range Granite - porphyritic clinopyroxene-hornblende-biotite monzonite and granodioriteKulgera Granite - porphyritic hornblende-biotite granite and quartz monzoniteUmbeara granites - biotite and biotite-muscovite granites, variably foliated, fine- to coarse-grained, locally weaklyporphyritic, dominantly xenolithic, rarely garnet-bearing, intruded by numerous veins and dykes of pegmatite, aplite,microgranite, granophyre

    Metasedimentary rocks and mafics - biotite-muscovite sillimanite gneiss; muscovite-biotite-garnet-viridine schist;amphibolite, quartzite

    Quartzite - gritty to pebbly quartz-muscovite schist; schistose quartz conglomerate; muscovite-phlogopite-epidote-quartz kyanite schist; rare phyllite

    Felsic gneiss - quartzofeldspathic orthopyroxene-biotite-bearing gneiss, less commonly with clinopyroxene,garnet and/or hornblende, tonalitic biotite gneiss; rare mafic granulite and pelitic gneiss

    Sand ridges

    Sealed road

    Unsealed road

    Vehicle track

    Railway

    Building

    Landing ground

    River, creek

    Karukali Quartzite - white crystalline quartz sandstone; rounded quartz pebble conglomerate beds; local heavy mineral layers ofhematite and magnetite

    Early-syntectonic granites - tonalitic biotite gneiss, granitic gneiss, clinopyroxene-hornblende gneiss,porphyritic orthopyroxene granite

    The Northern Territory Government does not warrant this map as definitive, nor free from error and does not accept liability for loss caused by, or arising from reliance upon information provided herein. Produced by, and plot on demand created by Northern Territory Geological Survey, Cartographic Services, Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development, Alice Springs, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Mines and Energy, the Honourable KONSTANTINE (KON) VATSKALIS, MLA. Base map compiled by NTGS from 1:250 000-scale topographic data supplied by the National Mapping Division, Geoscience Australia, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. DIGITAL DATA: Map data is stored in MapInfo and Microstation format (DGN). Map information can be obtained from NTGS as hardcopy plots and/or digital files. Information on formats and release conditions are available from NTGS Sales Counter, 3rd floor Centrepoint Building, Darwin. Phone (08) 8999 6443 or 58 Hartley Street, Alice Springs. Phone (08) 8951 5658 or visit the NTGS website at www.dbird.nt.gov.au/ntgs.

    MAGNETIC IMAGE GRAVITY IMAGE

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    Pseudocolour image of Bouguer gravity calculated using a density of 2.67 tm . Contour interval 50 -2lum.s

    STANDARD PARALLELS: 13°30' and 23°30' SOUTHCENTRAL MERIDIAN: 133°30' EAST

    Giles Event 1080 - 1040 Ma

    Geological input: 1988-1989 Petermann 1:100 000, N Duncan 1989-1996 Ayers Rock 1:250 000 A Camacho, N Duncan, T Madigan, D Young, P Ferenczi 1995-1996 Petermann Ranges 1:250 000, IR Scrimgeour, DF Close, CJ Edgoose, A Cutovinos 1997-1998 Bloods Range 1:250 000, DF Close, CJ Edgoose, IR Scrimgeour 1986-1989 Kulgera 1:250 000, CJ Edgoose, A Camacho, GA Wakelin-King, M Freeman, S Wyche, RA Stidolph 1992/1999 Umbeara 1:100 000, N Duncan, A Stewart / CJ Edgoose, DF Close Geophysical interpretation: 2000 KR Slater Compiled: 2001-2003 CJ Edgoose Refer to this map as: EDGOOSE CJ, CLOSE DF, SCRIMGEOUR I R, 2004. Musgrave Block Special, Northern Territory (First Edition) 1:500 000-scale geological map. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Alice Springs. Accompanying text publication: EDGOOSE CJ, SCRIMGEOUR IR, and CLOSE DF, 2004. Geology of the Musgrave Block, Northern Territory. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Report 15. Associated map: SLATER K R, 2004, in prep. Musgrave Block Special,Northern Territory, Integrated Interpretation of Geophysics and Geology, 1:500 000-scale map . Northern Territory Geological Survey, Alice Springs. Cartography: 2001-2003 P Carter, DA Lambton-Young, L Heard Latest edited plot created: 11th February 2004

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