NORTHERN TERRITORY
WESTERN AUSTRALIAQUEENSLAND
NEW SOUTH WALES
VICTORIA
TASMANIA
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ACT
INDONESIA PAPUA NEWGUINEA
Mackay
Townsville
CairnsNormanton
Alice Springs
Mount Isa
PERTH
Albany
Esperance
Carnarvon
Geraldton
Port Hedland
Broome
DARWIN
Oodnadatta
Ceduna
ADELAIDE
Mildura
Warrnambool
MELBOURNE
HOBART
CANBERRA
SYDNEYWollongong
Newcastle
Bourke
TamworthPort Macquarie
Grafton
BRISBANE
Longreach
Gladstone
TORRES STRAIT
CORAL SEA
Great
Reef
Barrier
Gulf ofCarpentaria
TASMANSEA
BASS STRAIT
Great Australian Bight
INDIAN
OCEAN
TIMOR SEA
JosephBonaparte
Gulf
2000m
200m
1000m
200m
2000m
1000m
200m
200m
1000m2000m
Teutonic BoreJaguar
Trilogy
Golden Grove
Magellan
WilgaCurrawong
Menninnie Dam
Balcooma
Thalanga
Lewis Ponds
Cloe - Jackson
Dugald River
Browns
Beltana
Abra
Kangaroo Caves
Fossil Downs
McArthur River
HellyerRosebery
CanningtonSulphur Springs
Lennons Find
Admiral Bay
Pillara Kutarta
Cadjebut
Koongie Park
Sandy Creek
Pegmont
Mount IsaGeorge Fisher
Lady Loretta
Century
Mount Garnet
MunganaKing Vol
Broken HillEndeavor
Hera
Bowdens
Woodlawn
Angas
Bentley
Wonawinta
Mount Dore
Victoria
8o120o 132o 144o
8o
16o
24o
32o
40o
108o120o 132o 144o
156o
40o
32o
24o
16o
WoodcuttersRum Jungle
Surveyor 1Dry River South
Liontown
Silver King
Altia
CSA
Belara
Wet Lagoon
Que RiverMount FarrellComstock
Zeehan
Ediacara North Flinders
Potosi
ScuddlesNorthampton
Prairie Downs
KapokEmull
Lamboo
Sorby HillsHargeaves
Walford Creek
Explorer 108
Mount Clement
Conrad
Foresthome
AUSTRALIAN LEAD ANDZINC RESOURCES
(Sheet 1: Resources by region)
Lead-zinc occurrenceMineral deposits with 1 to 10 000 tonnes of lead and zinc (39)Mineral deposits with 10 000 to 100 000 tonnes of lead and zinc (72)Mineral deposits with 100 000 to 1 million tonnes of lead and zinc (62)Mineral deposits with 1 to 10 million tonnes of lead and zinc (15)
Mineral deposits with 10 to 40 million tonnes of lead and zinc (3)
Mineral deposits with more than 40 million tonnes of lead and zinc (2)
Geological regions with up to 10 000 tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions with 10 000 to 100 000 tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions with 100 000 to 1 million tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions with 1 to 10 million tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions with 10 to 40 million tonnes lead and zincGeological regions with 40 to 80 million tonnes lead and zincGeological regions with more than 80 million tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions boundary, broken where subdivided
LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTIONCentral Meridian: 134oE Standard Parallels: 18oS, 36oS
Geocentric Datum of Australia
SCALE 1:10 000 0000 100 200 300 400 500 Kilometres
Compiled by: S. Jaireth, K. Porritt Cartography by G.A. Young, V.A. Cooper © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2010. This material is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia Licence This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealings for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without permission. Inquiries should be directed to the Communication Unit, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra City, ACT, 2601, Australia Geoscience Australia has tried to make the information in this product as accurate as possible. However, it does not guarantee that the information is totally accurate or complete. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD NOT RELY SOLELY ON THIS INFORMATION WHEN MAKING A COMMERCIAL DECISION Published by Geoscience Australia, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Canberra, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism Copies of this map may be downloaded from the Geoscience Australia website at: http://www.ga.gov.au This map is based on information compiled from publicly available sources on Some 193 Australian lead and zinc deposits, including world-class and large deposits. Compilation of data is ongoing Deposit size is the total tonnage of lead and zinc that is or was in a deposit as estimated by Geoscience Australia. It was derived by summing the aggregate production from a deposit and the current or remaining resources in that deposit Regional resources are the aggregate of resources in deposits occurring in the region. Regions defined here are based on Geoscience Australia’s Georegions feature class. Subdivisions of the Canning Basin, Lachlan Orogen, and Yilgarn Craton are based on data from published sources Location information used in this map is derived from Geoscience Australia's Ozmin database for deposits and Minloc for lead and zinc occurrences. Ozmin data for each deposit, including resources, can be accessed at: http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au It is recommended that this map be referred to as: Jaireth, S., Porritt, K., 2010, Australian Lead and Zinc Resources (Sheet 1: Resources by region), March 2010 Edition, 1:10 000 000 scale map, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia Geocat No 70244 ISBN: 978 1 921672 92 7
MARCH 2010 EDITION
Number of deposits shown in brackets
Global resources of lead and zinc by age
Proterozoic80.2%
Paleozoic16.7%
Archean2.8%
Mesozoic0.3%
Global resources of lead and zinc by region
Mount Isa43.0%
(J)
Broken Hill20.8%
(M)
McArthur 11.8% (I)Dundas 4.4% (P)
Eastern Lachlan3.2% (O)
Darling 2.4% (N)Willara Sub-basin 2.1% (D)
Murchison 2.0% (B)Bangemall 1.7% (A)
Pine Creek 1.2% (H)Fitzroy Trough 0.7% (F)
Lennard Shelf 0.7% (E)Nabberu 0.7% (C)Bonaparte 0.6% (G)
Cairns 0.6% (K)Adelaide 0.5% (L)
Other Regions 3.6%
Major regions
A
B
C
DE
F
GH
I
JK
L M NO
P
'Other Regions' include regions with less than 1% of global resources:Rocky Cape Georgetown Eastern Pilbara Charters Towers Halls Creek Central Lachlan Eastern Goldfields Wiso Torrens Gawler South Nicholson Central Pilbara Fraser
Proserpine New England Northampton Southern Cross Kanmantoo Arunta Ashburton Wonominta Litchfield Western Pilbara Paterson King Leopold
0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1 0000.01
0.1
1
10
100
'Other types' includes deposit types withless than 1% of global resources: Cu-Au (Pb-Zn) skarn Iron oxide Cu-Au (U) Post-Archean lode Au-Cu (Pb-Zn) - unique to zinc Low-sulphidation epithermal Polymetallic vein and replacement Porphyry Cu (Pb-Zn)Only deposits with both grade and tonnage of ore have been plotted
Deposit types containing lead and zinc BHT/Sullivan-type Zn-Pb-Ag (Cu-Au) Cobar-type Zn-Pb-Cu (Ag-Au) Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb-Ag Mount Isa-type Zn-Pb-Ag Volcanic-associated massive sulphide Unknown Unconformity-related U (Au-base metals) Other deposits
(Colours indicate age of resources in each region)
Century
George Fisher
Mount Isa
McArthur RiverBroken Hill
10 000 t Zn
100 000 t Zn
1 mt Zn
10 mt Zn
10 t Zn metal
Zinc g
rade (
%)
1 000 t Zn
100 mt Zn
Zinc ore (million tonnes)
100 t Zn metal
Admiral Bay
CanningtonWoodlawn
Golden GroveEndeavor
Broken Hill - CML7 Hellyer
Dugald RiverRosebery
Lady Loretta
0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1 0000.01
0.1
1
10
100
100 t Pb metal
Cannington
George Fisher
Mount Isa
Broken HillMcArthur River
Admiral Bay
1 000 t Pb
10 000 t Pb
100 000 t Pb
1 mt Pb
100 mt Pb10 mt Pb
Lead
grad
e (%)
Lead ore (million tonnes)
10 t Pb metal
MagellanEndeavor
BrownsWoodlawn
Century