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The information presented on this map is current to the 12th May 2014. Future modifications may be made as new information becomes available. Produced by, and plot on demand created by the Northern Territory Geological Survey, Department of Mines and Energy, Darwin, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Mines and Energy, The Honourable WILLEM WESTRA VAN HOLTHE, MLA. Base map compiled by NTGS from 1:250 000 - scale topographic data supplied by Geoscience Australia, Department of Industry, Canberra. Geology compiled from: Ahmad M and Wygralak AS, 1989. Calvert Hills, Northern Territory. 1:250 000 metallogenic map series, SE 53 08. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin. This map is accompanied by two text publications: Roberts HG, Rhodes JM and Yates KR, 1963. Calvert Hills, Northern Territory (First Edition). 1:250 000 geological series explanatory notes, SE 53 08. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australia. Ahmad M and Wygralak AS, 1989. Calvert Hills, Northern Territory. 1:250 000 metallogenic map series explanatory notes, SE 53 08. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin. It is recommended that this map be referred to as: Ahmad M and Wygralak AS, 2014. Calvert Hills, Northern Territory (Revised First Edition). 1:250 000 geological map series, SE 53-08 . Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin. DIGITAL DATA: Map data can be obtained from NTGS as hard copy plots and digital files in MapInfo and MicroStation formats. Information on formats, release conditions and costs are available from Minerals and Energy InfoCentre, 3rd floor Centrepoint Building, Darwin. Phone (08) 8999 6443, or visit the NTGS website at www.minerals.nt.gov.au/ntgs, or email to [email protected]. QUEENSLAND QUEENSLAND Boundary of Aboriginal land Boundary of Aboriginal land WOLLOGORANG BENMARA MASTERTONS CAVE JILUNDARINA BURRUMBURRU GUMULUJI BAJAMINYI NUDJABARRA Calvert ECHO GORGE Goanna Yard Gunmarilla Waterhole Illida Waterhole Burulina Waterhole Uranyina Waterhole Ganangali Waterhole Dijwalnguna Waterhole Galwalyina Waterhole Blangyalina Waterhole Mindurina Rockholes Baladana Waterhole Fifteen Mile Yard Gudindjina Waterhole Niludalina (Echo Gorge) Spring 6 Mile Yard CALVERT HILLS Crocodile Yard Bamadjina Claypan Djumbarana Claypan (Calvert Lake) Shadforth Yard Spear Waterhole Djilandarina Waterhole Ngurala Waterhole No 5 Bore No 37 Bore Coolibah (Buguyudinyi) Waterhole No 14 Bore No 7 Bore Doris Creek Dam No 2b Bore Nadjabarra Lagoon No 54b Bore Roc k y C a m p C r e e k Road Blackfella Spring C r e ek R IVER Turntable Yard Libiayina Spring D inn e r C o a n j u la No 16 Bore CHINA WALL FISH RIVER Cre e k Pa n d anu s NIC H O LS O N Bluey Waterhole Calvert Road Calvert Road NICHOLSON RIVER BARKLY TABLELAND C re s w e l l C r e e k C r e e k Cre ek Little Pan d a n u s C r e e k T i n H ole Cre e k A g n e s S e i g a l Creek D i n n e r S u r p r i s e C r e e k S u rp r i s e C re ek S o ut h e r n C r o s s C ree k B r a nch C r e e k B l u e y C r eek B l u e y C r e e k C r e e k C r e ek C o o l iba h C r e e k S ix M ile Cr e e k G o a n n a C r ee k R u b ys C ree k Ka rns M i d d le ( M ur u l y a na ) C r e ek G o l d C r e e k Cre e k Ira n i n d j i n a C r e e k Q u ee nslan d C r e e k R e d b a nk Cre e k N ine M ile C r e e k S e t t l e m e n t C r e e k S e t t l e m e nt Cr e e k R I VER F O E L S C H E R O BINSO N R I V E R R OBINSON L IT T L E C A L VE R T R IV E R M ID D L E R I V E R Goanna Bore No 12 Bore No 3 Bore No 8a Bore RIV E R C r e e k C r e ek B u l l C re e k B o u n d a r y To b a c c o D i n g o Cr e e k Ho r s e P u z z l e CAL V ER T Seig a l C en t r a l C r e e k C re e k S n a k e C r ee k No 13 Dam C r e ek C r e e k L i t t l e Rocky C re e k R I V E R B u d dy c u r r a w a Cree k C A L V E R T R I V E R ( B u r a n d a n a l) ( G o ya n j a l a ) U D 5 5 8 14 14 5 4 5 3 10 14 6 6 5 20 20 10 5 20 10 20 5 34 13 15 20 2 4 10 10 3 10 6 3 10 5 9 2 5 30 3 10 5 15 10 8 10 10 10 5 5 27 10 25 63 5 53 5 30 16 24 20 6 10 10 20 7 7 12 20 4 4 20 20 20 23 3 3 5 6 10 8 3 3 10 8 10 5 6 5 36 8 10 8 8 15 50 45 45 50 15 12 20 15 14 10 20 5 23 85 85 80 20 38 10 57 20 5 25 35 38 45 5 18 65 65 47 50 37 20 30 19 21 70 5 15 35 40 5 5 4 5 2 20 25 60 10 45 45 40 50 40 10 15 35 35 40 21 35 30 20 40 40 25 60 30 17 22 6 75 14 8 14 19 14 13 45 80 50 75 80 75 70 70 12 20 16 80 22 70 60 40 25 10 20 60 5 5 8 75 20 15 15 10 10 10 5 5 7 28 25 50 5 20 12 7 15 5 5 20 40 10 15 50 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 25 25 q do do do do do do do do q do q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q rh rh q q q q do do Czs Czs Czl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czs Czb Czb Czl Czl Czl Czl Czl Czl Czl Czl Czl Qa do do do Kl Kl Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Czs? Czl? Czl Kl? Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl? Kl? Kl? Kl Kl Kl A B C 5 q U D 75 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Cu V U Di U U Mn Mn Mn Mn Mn Mn Mn Mn Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu U U U U U U U U U Cu Cu U U U U U U U U U Cu Cu Cu Sn Sn Sn Sn U Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Sn Sn Pb Cu Cu Cu Cu Prince San Manuel Redbank Dianne El Hussen St Barb Eva Crystal Hill Masterton Masterton Redbank Prince Cu q rh do 136°30' 136°30' 137°00' 137°00' 138°00' 138°00' 18°00' 18°00' 17°00' 17°00' 40' 50' 10' 20' 30' 40' 50' 50' 40' 30' 20' 10' 50' 40' 30' 20' 10' 50' 40' 10' 20' 30' 40' 50' Coanjula 6262 Seigal 6462 Surprise Creek 6263 Calvert Hills 6363 Wollogor- ang 6463 Nicholson River 6362 BAUHINIA DOWNS SE 53-03 WALHALLOW SE 53-07 CALVERT HILLS SE 53-08 BRUNETTE DOWNS SE 53-11 MOUNT DRUMMOND SE 53-12 WESTMORELAND SE 54-05 LAWN HILL SE 54-09 5°45' MORNINGTON ISLAND SPECIAL SE 54-01 ROBINSON RIVER SPECIAL SE 53-04 WARNING : Colours will fade with prolonged exposure to light. SHEET SE 53-08 C NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT 2014 DARWIN ALICE SPRINGS NORTHERN TERRITORY MAP LOCALITY Blue lines show magnetic declination for epoch 1995 derived from 1995 AGRF model. Annual change is 10.8" per year easterly at the centre of the map. Information is current for 1997. MAGNETIC DECLINATION 18°00' 19°00' 17°00' 16°00' 136°30' 135°00' 138°00' INDEX TO ADJOINING MAPS NORTHERN TERRITORY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 139°30' NORTHERN TERRITORY AUSTRALIA 1:250 000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES CALVERT HILLS SHEET SE 53-08 SCALE 1:250 000 GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA 1994 (GDA94) MAP GRID OF AUSTRALIA 1994 (MGA94, ZONE53) 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 kilometres 5°15' 5°30' QUEENSLAND CALVERT HILLS 1:250 000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES REVISED FIRST EDITION 2014 Qa Czb Czl Czs Kl SOUTH NICHOLSON BASIN SOUTH NICHOLSON GROUP LAWN HILL PLATFORM FICKLING GROUP McARTHUR GROUP TAWALLAH GROUP TAWALLAH GROUP EQUIVALENT McARTHUR BASIN TERTIARY CALYMMIAN OROSIRIAN STRATHERIAN CENOZOIC MESOZOIC MESOPROTEROZOIC PALAEOPROTEROZOIC Pack- saddle Microgranite Hobble- chain Rhyolite QUAT- ERNARY CRETA- CEOUS PALAEO- ZOIC CAM- BRIAN GEOR- GINA BASIN CARPEN- TARIA BASIN Qa Czb Czl Czs Kl SOUTH NICHOLSON GROUP McARTHUR GROUP FICKLING GROUP TAWALLAH GROUP TAWALLAH GROUP EQUIVALENT Alluvium Black soil Lateritic soil, laterite Soil, sand, ferruginous cemented detritus Siltstone, sandy siltstone, quartz sandstone, pebble and boulder conglomerate Quartz sandstone, feldspathic sandstone, arkose Dolomite, algal dolomite; laminated, oolitic and algal chert; dolomitic siltstone and sandstone, silty and sandy dolomite, oolitic-chamosite dolomite Dolomititc siltstone and shale; flaggy dolomite interbeds Rhyolite, reddish-brown, porphyritic Microgranite, pink, porphyritic Trachyte and latite flows, tuff, tuffaceous and lithic sandstone, siltstone Dolomitic and quartz sandstone, ferruginous in parts, feldspathic; dolomitic siltstone Dolomitic sandstone; dolomite; stromatolitic dolomite; oolitic dolomite Quartz latite and quartz trachyte lava flows and sills; minor siltstone; volcanic breccia and conglomerate Vesicular and amygdaloidal basalt; massive non-vesicular basalt; thin siltstone, sandstone and tuff interbeds Undivided Westmoreland Conglomerate Lenses of mostly clast-supported pebble and cobble conglomerate overlain by lithic and quartz sandstone, ferruginous in parts Locally developed red micaceous siltstone, basal conglomerate and talus breccia overlain by lithic and quartz sandstone Rhyolitic and alkali rhyolitic ignimbrite; rhyolitic lava, ashfall tuff 200 400m -200 -400 -600 -800 -1000 -1200 0m RSL Scale : V/H = 4 0 200 400m -200 -400 -800 -600 -1000 -1200 -1400 SCHEMATIC SECTION ABC NICHOLSON RIVER RIVER CALVERT Creek Creek Creek Calvert Road Bull Boundary Settlement Creek Pandanus Creek Pandanus A B C Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl do FIELD OBSERVATION LOCALITIES Observation location 136°30' 136°30' 138°00' 138°00' 17°00' 17°00' 18°00' 18°00' 138°00' 138°00' 136°30' 17°00' 136°30' 18°00' do DIAGRAMMATIC RELATIONSHIP OF PROTEROZOIC UNITS MURPHY INLIER McARTHUR BASIN SOUTH NICHOLSON BASIN and LAWN HILL PLATFORM 138°00' 138°00' 136°30' 136°30' 17°00' 18°00' RADIOMETRIC IMAGE 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 km SCALE 1:1 000 000 17°00' 18°00' 17°00' 18°00' Nicholson Granite Complex Karns Dolomite Hobble- chain Rhyolite Pack- saddle Microgranite Kl Clb Th K U Mullaman Beds Undivided South Nicholson Group Masterton Sandstone Gold Creek Volcanics Undivided Tawallah Group Settlement Creek Volcanics Seigal Volcanics Westmoreland Conglomerate Cliffdale Volcanics Murphy Metamorphics Undivided Fickling Group Undivided Peters Creek Volcanics and Wire Creek Sandstone Fault 138°00' 138°00' 136°30' 136°30' 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 km INTERPRETED GEOLOGY McArthur Basin Carpentaria Basin South Nicholson Basin South Nicholson Basin McArthur Basin McArthur Basin Georgina Basin McArthur Basin Lawn Hill Plat- form Kl Kl Kl Kl Clb Clb Clb Clb McArthur Basin Lawn Hill Platform Wollogorang Calibrated radiometric data, with potassium (red), thorium (green), uranium (blue), total count (intensity) Department of Mines and Energy 138°00' 138°00' 136°30' 136°30' MAGNETIC IMAGE 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 km Pseudocolour image of the reduced-to-pole magnetic field 17°00' 18°00' GRAVITY IMAGE 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 km SCALE 1:1 000 000 0 0 0 50 50 50 50 100 150 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -150 -150 -150 -150 -250 -250 -250 0 0 -150 -150 MURPHY PROVINCE Murphy Province Murphy Province rh do MURPHY PROVINCE rh do Rhyolite, rhyodacite and dacite dykes Tholeiitic dolerite dykes Ian Scrimgeour, Executive Director -200 -200 -200 -200 -200 -200 -200 Bukalara Sandstone Quartz and lithic sandstone, white, medium- to coarse-grained Sandstone, white, medium- to coarse-grained; cobble conglomerate lenses Biotite + muscovite granite and adamellite, medium- to fine-grained, equigranular Metasiltstone and metashale Glauconitic sandstone, fine- to medium-grained; glauconite and dolomitic siltstone; dolomitic siltstone; dolomite Lithic and quartz sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, flaggy, locally feldspathic, minor conglomerate Lithic sandstone and quartz sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, flaggy or massive; minor siltstone beds in north and conglomerate in southwest Alternating sequence of basalt, rhyolite and rhyodacite; some intermediate volcanics, possibly trachyte and andesite; minor tuff, shale, siltstone, sandstone, dolomite and conglomerate Dolomite, laminated, stromatolitic, sandy, oolitic and interclast-rich; dolarenite; quartz sandstone with interbedded shale; glauconitic sandstone; shale and siltstone Sandstone, grey and brown or redish, fine- to coarse-grained; fissile shale and siltstone, dark grey, with flaggy claystone interbeds; dolomite, dolomitic sandstone and conglomerate Dolomite, blocky grey oolite, stromatolitic and interclastic; minor dolomitic sandstone and shale, commonly silicified at the top Sandstone, fine- to coarse-grained, flaggy to massive; minor conglomerate and siltstone Matrix- and clast-supported boulder and cobble conglomerate, greywacke; interbeds of feldspathic sandstone; lithic sandstone at the top Hornblende-biotite adamellite and granodiorite, medium- to coarse-grained, inequigranular Quartz sandstone, fine- to coarse-grained; greywacke and siltstone, commonly rich in iron oxides Quartz and lithic sandstone, medium-grained Lithic sandstone, reddish brown and white, medium- to coarse-grained; greywacke Fine quartz and lithic sandstone, siltstone, shale and greywacke, purplish-brown, thin-bedded and laminated, micaceous; quartz sandstone interbeds Micaceous siltstone, shale and fine-grained sandstone, purplish brown and grey, thin bedded and laminated Sandstone, medium- to coarse-grained, pebbly in upper part; minor beds of clast supported conglomerate; micaceous siltstone Matrix-supported cobble conglomerate overlain by conglomeratic, lithic and quartz sandstone, often ferruginous, pebble-free in upper part; lithic greywacke, red, calcerous siltstone locally on top Matrix-supported boulder and cobble conglomerate grading westward into lithic sandstone with thin pebble beds, feldspathic in central part; lithic greywacke Sandstone with scattered quartz pebbles, medium- to coarse-grained, cobble and boulder conglomerate lenses Undivided metasedimentary rocks, commonly sheared and brecciated; quartz-albite-mica schist Immature metasandstone, poorly sorted, fine- to coarse-grained, micaceous MURPHY METAMORPHICS Feldspathic sandstone, fine- to very-coarse-grained, quartz sandstone, pebble to cobble conglomerate Westmoreland Conglomerate Seigal Volcanics Carolina Sandstone Member Cliffdale Volcanics Nicholson Granite Complex Murphy Meta- morphics Mullaman Beds Bukalara Sandstone Mittiebah Sandstone Mullera Formation Constance Sandstone Doomadgee Formation Mount Les Siltstone Walford Dolostone Fish River Formation Karns Dolomite Masterton Sandstone Gold Creek Volcanics Formation Settlement Creek Volcanics Aquarium Formation Sly Creek Sandstone McDermott Formation Peters Creek Volcanics Wire Creek Sandstone Billicumidji Rhyolite Member Alkali rhyolite lava, red, flow-banded, with numerous ashfall tuff horizons NICHOLSON GRANITE COMPLEX Fault Folding Geological boundary Disconformity or unconformity (section only) Bedding Strike and dip of strata Fault accurate, showing relative displacement of fault Horizontal strata Dip less than 5 degrees Dip 5 to 15 degrees Dip 15 to 45 degrees from aerial photography Strike and dip estimated Anticline, accurate showing plunge Syncline, accurate showing plunge Fault approximate Fault concealed Fault inferred Horizontal strata Strike and dip of strata, dip not measured Anticline, approximate Strike and dip of foliation Vertical foliation Lineament Trend-line Joint interpreted from airphotos GEOLOGICAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC LEGEND Secondary road Vehicular track Landing ground Homestead Building Yard Fence Bore Spring Water Tank / Earth Dam Waterhole Windpump Swamp State boundary Administrative boundary Subject to inundation Mineral Prospect Abandoned mine Open cut or quarry, abandoned/not working Mineral occurence Cu - copper Di - diamond Mn - manganese Pb - lead Sn - tin U - uranium V - vanadium L Hallett, NTGS RC Poole, NTGS RC Poole, NTGS M Ahmad, AS Wygralak and CP Hallenstein, NTGS JB Firman, MC Johnston, HG Roberts, KA Plumb, AGL Paine, JM Rhodes, KR Yates and MA Hassan, BMR (now Geoscience Australia) 2012-2013: 2011-2014: 2011-2014: 1981-1987: 1957-1961: Compiled: Design: Digital Cartography: First Edition Metallogenic Map Series: First Edition Geology: Dyke or vein Quartz vein Dyke, rh - rhyolite, do - dolerite

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The Northern Territory Government does not warrant this map as definitive, nor free from error and does not accept liability for theloss caused by, or arising from reliance upon information provided herein. The information presented on this map is current to the12th May 2014. Future modifications may be made as new information becomes available.

Produced by, and plot on demand created by the Northern Territory Geological Survey, Department of Mines and Energy, Darwin,Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Mines and Energy, The Honourable WILLEM WESTRA VAN HOLTHE, MLA.

Base map compiled by NTGS from 1:250 000 - scale topographic data supplied by Geoscience Australia, Department of Industry,Canberra.

Geology compiled from: Ahmad M and Wygralak AS, 1989. Calvert Hills, Northern Territory. 1:250 000 metallogenic map series, SE53 08. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin.

This map is accompanied by two text publications:Roberts HG, Rhodes JM and Yates KR, 1963. Calvert Hills, Northern Territory (First Edition). 1:250 000 geological series explanatorynotes, SE 53 08. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australia.Ahmad M and Wygralak AS, 1989. Calvert Hills, Northern Territory. 1:250 000 metallogenic map series explanatory notes, SE 53 08.Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin.

It is recommended that this map be referred to as: Ahmad M and Wygralak AS, 2014. Calvert Hills, Northern Territory (Revised FirstEdition). 1:250 000 geological map series, SE 53-08 . Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin.

DIGITAL DATA: Map data can be obtained from NTGS as hard copy plots and digital files in MapInfo and MicroStation formats.Information on formats, release conditions and costs are available from Minerals and Energy InfoCentre, 3rd floor CentrepointBuilding, Darwin. Phone (08) 8999 6443, or visit the NTGS website at www.minerals.nt.gov.au/ntgs, or email [email protected].

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MAGNETIC DECLINATION

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INDEX TO ADJOINING MAPS

NORTHERN TERRITORY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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Soil, sand, ferruginous cemented detritus

Siltstone, sandy siltstone, quartz sandstone, pebble and boulder conglomerate

Quartz sandstone, feldspathic sandstone, arkose

Dolomite, algal dolomite; laminated, oolitic and algal chert; dolomitic siltstoneand sandstone, silty and sandy dolomite, oolitic-chamosite dolomite

Dolomititc siltstone and shale; flaggy dolomite interbeds

Rhyolite, reddish-brown, porphyritic

Microgranite, pink, porphyritic

Trachyte and latite flows, tuff, tuffaceous and lithic sandstone, siltstone

Dolomitic and quartz sandstone, ferruginous in parts, feldspathic; dolomitic siltstone

Dolomitic sandstone; dolomite; stromatolitic dolomite; oolitic dolomite

Quartz latite and quartz trachyte lava flows and sills; minor siltstone; volcanic brecciaand conglomerate

Vesicular and amygdaloidal basalt; massive non-vesicular basalt; thin siltstone,sandstone and tuff interbeds

Undivided Westmoreland Conglomerate

Lenses of mostly clast-supported pebble and cobble conglomerate overlain bylithic and quartz sandstone, ferruginous in parts

Locally developed red micaceous siltstone, basal conglomerate and talus brecciaoverlain by lithic and quartz sandstone

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Cliffdale Volcanics

Murphy Metamorphics

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INTERPRETED GEOLOGY

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Department of Mines and Energy

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Quartz and lithic sandstone, white, medium- to coarse-grained

Sandstone, white, medium- to coarse-grained; cobble conglomerate lenses

Biotite + muscovite granite and adamellite, medium- to fine-grained, equigranular

Metasiltstone and metashale

Glauconitic sandstone, fine- to medium-grained; glauconite and dolomitic siltstone;dolomitic siltstone; dolomite

Lithic and quartz sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, flaggy, locally feldspathic,minor conglomerate

Lithic sandstone and quartz sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, flaggy or massive;minor siltstone beds in north and conglomerate in southwest

Alternating sequence of basalt, rhyolite and rhyodacite; some intermediate volcanics,possibly trachyte and andesite; minor tuff, shale, siltstone, sandstone,dolomite and conglomerate

Dolomite, laminated, stromatolitic, sandy, oolitic and interclast-rich; dolarenite; quartzsandstone with interbedded shale; glauconitic sandstone; shale and siltstone

Sandstone, grey and brown or redish, fine- to coarse-grained; fissile shale andsiltstone, dark grey, with flaggy claystone interbeds; dolomite,dolomitic sandstone and conglomerate

Dolomite, blocky grey oolite, stromatolitic and interclastic; minor dolomitic sandstoneand shale, commonly silicified at the top

Sandstone, fine- to coarse-grained, flaggy to massive; minor conglomerate andsiltstone

Matrix- and clast-supported boulder and cobble conglomerate, greywacke;interbeds of feldspathic sandstone; lithic sandstone at the top

Hornblende-biotite adamellite and granodiorite, medium- to coarse-grained,inequigranular

Quartz sandstone, fine- to coarse-grained; greywacke and siltstone,commonly rich in iron oxides

Quartz and lithic sandstone, medium-grained

Lithic sandstone, reddish brown and white, medium- to coarse-grained; greywacke

Fine quartz and lithic sandstone, siltstone, shale and greywacke, purplish-brown,thin-bedded and laminated, micaceous; quartz sandstone interbeds

Micaceous siltstone, shale and fine-grained sandstone, purplish brown and grey,thin bedded and laminated

Sandstone, medium- to coarse-grained, pebbly in upper part; minor beds of clastsupported conglomerate; micaceous siltstone

Matrix-supported cobble conglomerate overlain by conglomeratic, lithic and quartzsandstone, often ferruginous, pebble-free in upper part; lithic greywacke,red, calcerous siltstone locally on top

Matrix-supported boulder and cobble conglomerate grading westward into lithicsandstone with thin pebble beds, feldspathic in central part; lithic greywacke

Sandstone with scattered quartz pebbles, medium- to coarse-grained,cobble and boulder conglomerate lenses

Undivided metasedimentary rocks, commonly sheared and brecciated;quartz-albite-mica schist

Immature metasandstone, poorly sorted, fine- to coarse-grained, micaceous

MURPHY METAMORPHICS

Feldspathic sandstone, fine- to very-coarse-grained, quartz sandstone, pebble tocobble conglomerate

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Wire Creek Sandstone

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Alkali rhyolite lava, red, flow-banded, with numerous ashfall tuff horizons

NICHOLSON GRANITE COMPLEX

Fault

Folding

Geological boundary

Disconformity or unconformity(section only)

BeddingStrike and dip of strata

Fault accurate, showing relativedisplacement of fault

Horizontal strata

Dip less than 5 degrees

Dip 5 to 15 degrees

Dip 15 to 45 degrees

from aerial photographyStrike and dip estimated

Anticline, accurate showingplunge

Syncline, accurate showingplunge

Fault approximate

Fault concealed

Fault inferred

Horizontal strata

Strike and dip of strata, dipnot measured

Anticline, approximate Strike and dip of foliation

Vertical foliation

Lineament

Trend-line

Joint interpretedfrom airphotos

GEOLOGICAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC LEGEND

Secondary road

Vehicular track

Landing ground

Homestead

Building

Yard

Fence

Bore

Spring

Water Tank / Earth Dam

Waterhole

Windpump

Swamp

State boundary

Administrative boundary

Subject to inundation

Mineral

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Abandoned mine

Open cut or quarry,abandoned/not working

Mineral occurenceCu - copperDi - diamondMn - manganesePb - leadSn - tinU - uraniumV - vanadium

L Hallett, NTGSRC Poole, NTGSRC Poole, NTGSM Ahmad, AS Wygralak and CP Hallenstein, NTGSJB Firman, MC Johnston, HG Roberts, KA Plumb, AGL Paine, JM Rhodes,KR Yates and MA Hassan, BMR (now Geoscience Australia)

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Dyke or vein

Quartz vein

Dyke, rh - rhyolite, do - dolerite