Undifferentiated intrusive: non-magnetic, low gravity response

SEDIMENTARY
VOLCANIC
INTRUSIVE
METAMORPHIC
Non-marine
Marine
Subaqueous
Dyke/
Sill
Subaerial
Pluton
CAINOZOIC AND TERTIARY UNITS NOT SHOWN
*
*
Devonian
Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone: non-magnetic
C
Sandstone, siltstone, shale: non-magnetic
--
Antrim Plateau
Volcanics
C la
Basalt: moderately magnetic
P
L rm
Arenite, siltstone, shale, conglomerate, arkose, breccia:
non-magnetic
--
C la
--
PALAEOZOIC
Sandstone: non-magnetic
Pzl
410 Ma
C
Cambrian
Pzs
Pzl
--
Pzs
*
Alice Springs Orogeny 300-400 Ma: reactivation of major faults, minor uplift
570 Ma
Uplift and erosion
Neoproterozoic
Redcliff Pound
Group
Muriel Range
*
Platform cover sequence 2 ~ 800 Ma?
L rm
P
Sandstone
800 Ma
Deformation: thrust faulting, major strike slip faulting, minor uplift, erosion
Coomarie Sandstone
P
L dk-m
L dk
P
Talbot Well Formation
Ps
L
Birrindudu Group
Platform cover sequence 1 ~1790-1750 Ma?
Glauconitic Sandstone
Gardiner Sandstone
L dgg
P
*
P
L dt
Sandstone: weakly magnetic
Basalt or magnetite rich sandstone: moderately magnetic
L dt
P
Chert, arenite, siltstone, mudstone, limestone: non-magnetic
Sandstone: non-magnetic
L dgg
P
Sandstone: non-magnetic
L dg-m
P
Sandstone: weakly magnetic
L dg-n
P
Sandstone: non-magnetic
Ps
L
Sandstone: non-magnetic
member
P
L dg
L dg-m
P
L dk
P
L dk-m
P
P
L dg
L dg-n
P
Supplejack Downs
Sandstone
Uplift and erosion ~1790 Ma
Granites Suite
Biotite granite; I-type: moderate-highly magnetic, low gravity
response
L gb
P
Diorite and gabbro; I-type: high-intensely magnetic, moderate gravity
response
Frederick Suite
L gf
P
Biotite hornblende granodiorite; I-type: moderate-highly magnetic,
low gravity response
L gn
P
Undifferentiated intrusive: non-magnetic, low gravity response
P gm
L
Undifferentiated intrusive: moderately magnetic, low gravity response
L gv
P
Undifferentiated intrusive: variably magnetic, low gravity response
Coomarie Suite
L gc
P
Biotite hornblende granodiorite; I-type: weakly magnetic, low gravity
response
Inningarra Suite
P
L go
Biotite, hornblende granodiorite; I-type: variably magnetic
L gw3
P
Biotite hornblende granodiorite; I-type: non to weakly magnetic
L gw2
P
Biotite hornblende granodiorite; I-type: moderate-highly magnetic
L gw1
P
Biotite hornblende granite; I-type: non-magnetic
*
L gg
P
Bore Field Road
Suite
Gold mineralisation ~1790-1760 Ma?
Deformation: strike slip faulting
P
L gb
L gf
P
1800 Ma
Deformation: thrust faulting, folding ~1810 Ma
Pn
L
P n4
L
P n2
L
L gc
P
P
L go
L lwa
P
L lw
P
Felsic volcanism,
L gw3
P
granite intrusion
P gw2
L
L gv
P
P n3
L
L gn
P
P
L n1
Gold mineralisation ~1825-1800 Ma?
P
L gm
P n5
L
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Palaeoproterozoic
PROTEROZOIC
L gg
P
Winnecke Suite
P
L gw1
1830 Ma
Nanny Goat Volcanics
Mount Winnecke
Group
Lc
P
Deformation: folding, granite intrusion, metamorphism, faulting
Mount Charles
Formation
Basalt member
Pargee Sandstone
P
L tkj
P
L tk
Lt
P
P
L -b
P
L tt
L tdd
P
Tanami Group
Killi Killi Formation
Dead Bullock
L td
P
Lm
P
Jasperlitic Chert member
*
Twigg Formation
~1880 Ma
Undifferentiated: non to weakly magnetic
Sandstone: non-magnetic
P n4
L
Basalt: moderate-highly magnetic
P n3
L
Rhyolite lava: non-magnetic
P n2
L
Rhyolitic feldspar-quartz ignimbrite: non-magnetic
P n1
L
Rhyolitic quartz-feldspar ignimbrite: non-magnetic
L lw
P
Sandstone: non to weakly magnetic
L lwa
P
Dacite and rhyolite porphyries and volcanics: weakly magnetic
Lc
P
Sandstone, siltstone, basalt: non to weakly magnetic, high
gravity response
P cb
L
Basalt: intensely magnetic, high gravity response
P lg
L
Conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone: non to weakly magnetic
L -am
P
Undifferentiated: moderate-highly magnetic
L -an
P
Undifferentiated: non to weakly magnetic
L -b
P
Undifferentiated: complex magnetic responses
P tdd
L
Metadolerite sills: moderate-highly magnetic
Lt
P
Undifferentiated: non to weakly magnetic
P
L cb
P
L lg
1835 Ma
Pn
L
L n5
P
L -am
P
L m4
P
P m3
L
P
L m2
L -an
P
P tt
L
Siltstone, sandstone, chert: non-magnetic
P tkj
L
Jasperlitic chert: non-magnetic
L tk
P
Sandstone, siltstone: non to weakly magnetic
L td
P
Siltstone, numerous
high gravity response
Lm
P
Undifferentiated: non to weakly magnetic
Formation
P m1
L
MacFarlane Peak
Group
Deformation and metamorphism (at Browns Range) followed by rifting and extension
P
L tdd
sills: moderate-intensely
magnetic,
L m4
P
Siltstone and calc-silicate: non to weakly magnetic
L m3
P
Metagreywacke and schist: non-magnetic
P m2
L
Interbedded basalt and volcaniclastic sediment, possible felsic
volcanics and dolerite: weakly magnetic
L m1
P
Amphibolite, possible dolerite, basalt: high-intensely magnetic,
high gravity response
Uplift and erosion of Archaean basement
,
,
, C, la ,
--
Pattern used to show
and
dk
Ab
Undifferentiated schist, gneiss, migmatite: non-magnetic
*
A
Undifferentiated felsic and mafic gneiss, granite and migmatite:
variably magnetic, high gravity response
*
A-n
A-n
Undifferentiated felsic and mafic gneiss, granite and migmatite:
non-magnetic, high gravity response
*
A
A-m
Undifferentiated felsic and mafic gneiss, granite and migmatite:
moderate-intensely magnetic, high gravity response
*
ARCHAEAN
Browns Range
Metamorphics
Ab
not on map
A-m
where
dt
the
dg unit soverlies
tt basement
tk rock
Magnetic values of stratigraphy:
0-250 nT
weakly magnetic
250-500 nT moderately magnetic
500-750 nT highly magnetic
>750 nT
GEOLOGICAL SYMBOLS
Geological boundary
Fault showing relative displacement
D
U
Fault showing relative displacement:
down,up
Deeply buried source
Fold axis: anticline, syncline
Axial trace of fold
Dyke
Magnetic trend
Radiometric trend
Joint
Shear zone
d
Dolerite
Magnetic metamorphic aureole
Palaeochannel
1848 +-22 Ma
Radiometric age determination in million
years, U/Pb SHRIMP
A
B
Unit A overlies unit B
intensely magnetic