nabberu 1:100 000 geological map · princess range member wandiwarra member windidda formation...

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N.T. S.A. N.S.W. Vic. Qld Tas. A.C.T. SHEET INDEX 2644 2645 2646 2647 2744 2745 2746 2747 2844 2845 2846 2847 2944 2945 2946 2947 3044 3045 3046 3047 3144 3145 3146 3147 GABANINTHA GLENGARRY BRYAH JAMINDI YAGANOO MOOLOOGOOL DOOLGUNNA MEREWETHER THADUNA MARYMIA WILUNA CUNYU MERRIE FAIRBAIRN MILLROSE NABBERU METHWIN SANDALWOOD BALLIMORE RHODES GLENGARRY NABBERU WILUNA PEAK HILL SG 50-8 SG 50-12 SG 51-5 SG 51-9 MOUNT BARTLE THREE RIVERS GRANITE PEAK LAKE VIOLET 40À 50À 40À 50À 40À 50À 40À 50À 1:100Ý000 maps shown in black 1:250Ý000 maps shown in brown (Asperia digitata, Pilbaria deverella) Ephyaltes edingunensis, c. 2664 Ma TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION Grid lines indicate 1000 metre interval of the Australian Map Grid Zone 51 HORIZONTAL DATUM: AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC DATUM 1984 VERTICAL DATUM: AUSTRALIAN HEIGHT DATUM 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kilometres Metres 1000 SCALE 1:100Ý000 m Ôl Ôld Ôlg Ôlk Ôa Ôak Ôw Ôwf Ôwq Ôs Ócf Órf Óri Órk q qc ìEf ìEfg ìEfs ìEfi ðgte ðgtex ñgak ñgzq ñf ñfp ñb ñbe ñgak ñgzq ñf ñfp ñb ñbe ðgtea Lacustrine deposits_saline silt, mud, and minor sand in playa lakes; primarily associated with palaeodrainage Sand in dunes on or around playa lakes; in places gypsiferous Gypsiferous and saline bedded deposits adjacent to playa lakes Calcrete or gypcrete around playa lakes Alluvium_sand, silt, and gravel in channels and channel systems Calcrete associated with palaeodrainage and active drainage systems; locally silicified Sheetwash_sand, silt, and gravel in areas that lack clearly defined drainage channels Ferruginous gravel in sheetwash areas Quartz rubble adjacent to quartz veins Sandplain_unconsolidated sand, and minor silt and clay; with scattered low, vegetated dunes Colluvium_loose to consolidated gravel, sand, and silt, in moderate- to high-gradient slope deposits; locally dissected Ferruginous pisoliths and nodules; subordinate ferruginized rock and ironstone rubble Ferruginous duricrust; nodular, pisolitic, and massive ferricrete, and associated rubble Ironstone; ferruginized rock, massive to rubbly; includes degraded ferruginous crust Pedogenic calcrete; pisolitic, laminar, and nodular authigenic limestone Quartz veins Hydrothermal chert pod Dolerite sills Megabreccia; probably reworked meteorite impact ejecta; predominantly sandstone clasts CHIALL FORMATION: sandstone, siltstone, and shale; generally coarsening upwards Princess Ranges Member: quartz arenite; locally glauconitic; minor sandstone Wandiwarra Member: fine-grained sandstone; locally glauconitic, commonly hummocky cross-stratified with mud-flake breccia beds; minor interbedded siltstone and shale. WINDIDDA FORMATION Karri Karri Member: siltstone and shale; locally varvoid; minor sandstone and marl FRERE FORMATION: granular iron-formation and granular siliceous iron-formation; minor banded iron-formation, siltstone, and shale Granular iron-formation and granular siliceous iron-formation, in places peloidal; minor siltstone and shale Siltstone and shale; minor sandstone, iron formation, and chert Banded iron-formation; supergene-enriched iron formation YELMA FORMATION Sweetwaters Well Member: stromatolitic dolomite, microbial limestone, chert breccia derived from stromatolitic dolomite and , and sandstone Undivided: sandstone, siltstone, shale, and stromatolitic dolomite with associated chert breccia Quartz sandstone, coarse grained; locally pebbly Mafic dyke interpreted from aeromagnetic data; intruded into Archaean rock (section only) TEAGUE GRANITE: leucocratic K-feldspar granite; Archaean granitoid altered by post-impact metasomatism QuartzÊmicrocline(ÊalbiteÊstilpnomelane) granite; brecciated and silicified QuartzÊalbiteÊmicrocline(ÊgarnetÊaegirine-augite) granite Medium-grained leucocratic K-feldspar granite Hornblende quartzÊmonzonite Granitoid rock, undivided; generally monzogranite Metamorphosed felsic volcanic rock Metamorphosed feldspar porphyry Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rock, undivided Metabasalt with epidote, garnetÊepidote, or clinopyroxeneÊepidoteÊchlorite alteration QuartzÊactinolite hornfels (subsurface only) Chiall Formation Princess Range Member Wandiwarra Member Windidda Formation Karri Karri Member Frere Formation Sweetwaters Well Member Yelma Formation Mafic dyke; dashed beneath Proterozoic rocks Teague Granite; hydrothermally altered Leucocratic K-feldspar granite Hornblende quartzÊmonzonite Granitoid rock, undivided; generally monzogranite Metamorphosed felsic rock Metamorphosed feldspar porphyry Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rock Metabasalt with epidote alteration Geological boundary exposed............................................................................ concealed......................................................................... exposed............................................................................ concealed......................................................................... anticline............................................................................ syncline............................................................................. M-vergence....................................................................... Small-scale fold-axis, showing trend and plunge Bedding, showing strike and dip Foliation, showing strike and dip inclined............................................................................. inclined............................................................................. vertical............................................................................... Cleavage, showing strike and dip inclined............................................................................. vertical............................................................................... Lineation, showing trend and plunge direction Track........................................................................................ Fence, generally with track................................................... Yard......................................................................................... Contour line, 20 metre interval............................................. Bore, well................................................................................ Windpump............................................................................... Breakaway............................................................................... Fault or shear Strongly foliated rock............................................................ Fold, showing axial trace and generalized plunge direction anticline; exposed............................................................ syncline; exposed............................................................ vertical............................................................................... horizontal.......................................................................... strike and dip estimated from aerial photographs 0Ê15^.......................................................................... bedding trend............................................................ Palaeocurrent, showing trend and sense of direction from megaripples, direction unknown............................ inclined............................................................................. Aeromagnetic lineament........................................................ Shatter cone locality.............................................................. Stromatolite fossil locality..................................................... Zinc................................................................................... syncline; concealed.......................................................... Isotopic age determination site with identification number Sand dune.............................................................................. Mineral exploration drill hole showing subsurface data.... 15Ê45^........................................................................ Waterhole................................................................................ Mineral occurrence................................................................ Lead.................................................................................. Uranium............................................................................ Building................................................................................... concealed, interpreted from aeromagnetic data........... Watercourse; with ephemeral pool or waterhole................ Prospect (gold, unless otherwise indicated)....................... mesoscale folding............................................................ stretching lineation; inclined........................................... Meteorite impact structure.................................................... Joint, showing strike and dip Airphoto or Landsat lineament............................................. Joint pattern........................................................................... vertical.............................................................................. ìEfi Ôl Ôld Ôlg Ôlk Ôa Ôak Ôw Ôwf Ôwq Ôs Ócf Órf Óri Órk q qc ìd ìx ìEc ìEcp ìEcw ìEdk ìEf ìEfg ìEfs ìEyw ìEy ìEya ìdy ðgte ðgtex ðgtea ñgak ñgzq ñg ñf ñfp ñb ñbe ìEcp ìEcw ìEdk ìEf ìEyw ìEy ìdy ðgte ñgak ñgzq ñg ñf ñfp ñb ñbe QUATERNARY CAINOZOIC PHANEROZOIC PROTEROZOIC PALAEOPROTEROZOIC ARCHAEAN Earaheedy Group Earaheedy Group PALAEOPROTEROZOIC ARCHAEAN EARAHEEDY BASIN YILGARN CRATON EARAHEEDY BASIN YILGARN CRATON 120^30À SEA LEVEL 2 km 4 km SEA LEVEL 2 km 4 km B A ìdy ìEy ìEyw ìEy ìEcw ñg ìEdk ìEfs ìEy ìdy ìEfg ìEyw ìEcw ìEfs ìEcp ìdy ìdy ðgte ðgte ðgte ñb ñg ðgte ìEyw ñb ìEfi ìEfi ìEfg ìEdk ìEfi ìEfi ìEfi ìEyw ñgzq ñb GN MN GRID / MAGNETIC GRID CONVERGENCE True north, grid north and magnetic north are shown diagrammatically for the centre of the map. Magnetic north is correct for 5 years. 1998 and moves easterly by about 0.2^ in TN ANGLE 1.5¾ Geology by F. Pirajno 1998 Edited by D. Ferdinando and G. Loan Cartography by S. Hamill and K. Greenberg Topography from the Department of Land Administration Sheet SG 51-5, 3046, with modifications from geological field survey Published by the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Copies available from the Information Centre, Department of Minerals and Energy, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA, 6004. Phone (08) 9222 3459, Fax (08) 9222 3444 This map is also available in digital form Printed by the Sands Print Group, Western Australia The recommended reference for this map is: PIRAJNO, F., 1999, Nabberu, W.A. Sheet 3046: Western Australia Geological Survey, 1:100Ý000 Geological Series Óc Óc AUSTRALIA 1Ý:Ý100 000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA SHEET 3046 0 5 10 15 20 Kilometres SCALE 1:Ý500Ý000 ¦ Western Australia 1999 G E O L O G I CA L S U R V E Y W E S T E R N A U S T R A L I A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA DAVID BLIGHT, DIRECTOR GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA HON. NORMAN MOORE, M.L.C. MINISTER FOR MINES DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY L. C. RANFORD, DIRECTOR GENERAL

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Page 1: Nabberu 1:100 000 Geological Map · Princess Range Member Wandiwarra Member Windidda Formation Karri Karri Member Frere Formation Sweetwaters Well Member Yelma Formation Mafic dyke;

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DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION

SHEET 3046 FIRST EDITION 1999

W.A.

N.T.

S.A.

N.S.W.

Vic.

Qld

Tas.

A.C.T.

SHEET INDEX

2644

2645

2646

2647

2744

2745

2746

2747

2844

2845

2846

2847

2944

2945

2946

2947

3044

3045

3046

3047

3144

3145

3146

3147

GABANINTHA

GLENGARRY

BRYAH

JAMINDI

YAGANOO

MOOLOOGOOL

DOOLGUNNA

MEREWETHER

THADUNA

MARYMIA

WILUNA

CUNYU

MERRIE

FAIRBAIRN

MILLROSE

NABBERU

METHWIN

SANDALWOOD

BALLIMORE

RHODES

GLENGARRY

NABBERU

WILUNA

PEAK HILL

SG 50-8

SG 50-12

SG 51-5

SG 51-9

MOUNT BARTLE

THREE RIVERS

GRANITE PEAK

LAKE VIOLET

40À 50À

40À

50À

40À

50À

40À 50À

1:100Ý000 maps shown in black

1:250Ý000 maps shown in brown

(Asperia digitata,

Pilbaria deverella)Ephyaltes edingunensis,

c. 2664 Ma

TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION

Grid lines indicate 1000 metre interval of the Australian Map Grid Zone 51

HORIZONTAL DATUM: AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC DATUM 1984VERTICAL DATUM: AUSTRALIAN HEIGHT DATUM

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Lacustrine deposits_saline silt, mud, and minor sand in playa lakes; primarily associated with palaeodrainageSand in dunes on or around playa lakes; in places gypsiferousGypsiferous and saline bedded deposits adjacent to playa lakesCalcrete or gypcrete around playa lakes

Alluvium_sand, silt, and gravel in channels and channel systemsCalcrete associated with palaeodrainage and active drainage systems; locally silicified

Sheetwash_sand, silt, and gravel in areas that lack clearly defined drainage channelsFerruginous gravel in sheetwash areasQuartz rubble adjacent to quartz veins

Sandplain_unconsolidated sand, and minor silt and clay; with scattered low, vegetated dunes

Colluvium_loose to consolidated gravel, sand, and silt, in moderate- to high-gradient slope deposits; locally dissectedFerruginous pisoliths and nodules; subordinate ferruginized rock and ironstone rubble

Ferruginous duricrust; nodular, pisolitic, and massive ferricrete, and associated rubbleIronstone; ferruginized rock, massive to rubbly; includes degraded ferruginous crustPedogenic calcrete; pisolitic, laminar, and nodular authigenic limestone

Quartz veinsHydrothermal chert pod

Dolerite sills

Megabreccia; probably reworked meteorite impact ejecta; predominantly sandstone clasts

CHIALL FORMATION: sandstone, siltstone, and shale; generally coarsening upwards

Princess Ranges Member: quartz arenite; locally glauconitic; minor sandstone

Wandiwarra Member: fine-grained sandstone; locally glauconitic, commonly hummocky cross-stratified with mud-flake breccia beds; minor

interbedded siltstone and shale.

WINDIDDA FORMATION

Karri Karri Member: siltstone and shale; locally varvoid; minor sandstone and marl

FRERE FORMATION: granular iron-formation and granular siliceous iron-formation; minor banded iron-formation, siltstone, and shaleGranular iron-formation and granular siliceous iron-formation, in places peloidal; minor siltstone and shaleSiltstone and shale; minor sandstone, iron formation, and chertBanded iron-formation; supergene-enriched iron formation

YELMA FORMATION

Sweetwaters Well Member: stromatolitic dolomite, microbial limestone, chert breccia derived from stromatolitic dolomiteand , and sandstone

Undivided: sandstone, siltstone, shale, and stromatolitic dolomite with associated chert breccia

Quartz sandstone, coarse grained; locally pebbly

Mafic dyke interpreted from aeromagnetic data; intruded into Archaean rock (section only)

TEAGUE GRANITE: leucocratic K-feldspar granite; Archaean granitoid altered by post-impact metasomatismQuartzÊmicrocline(ÊalbiteÊstilpnomelane) granite; brecciated and silicifiedQuartzÊalbiteÊmicrocline(ÊgarnetÊaegirine-augite) granite

Medium-grained leucocratic K-feldspar graniteHornblende quartzÊmonzonite

Granitoid rock, undivided; generally monzogranite

Metamorphosed felsic volcanic rockMetamorphosed feldspar porphyry

Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rock, undividedMetabasalt with epidote, garnetÊepidote, or clinopyroxeneÊepidoteÊchlorite alterationQuartzÊactinolite hornfels (subsurface only)

Chiall FormationPrincess Range Member

Wandiwarra Member

Windidda FormationKarri Karri Member

Frere Formation

Sweetwaters Well Member

Yelma Formation

Mafic dyke; dashed beneath Proterozoic rocks

Teague Granite; hydrothermally altered

Leucocratic K-feldspar graniteHornblende quartzÊmonzonite

Granitoid rock, undivided; generally monzogranite

Metamorphosed felsic rockMetamorphosed feldspar porphyry

Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rockMetabasalt with epidote alteration

Geological boundary

exposed............................................................................

concealed.........................................................................

exposed............................................................................

concealed.........................................................................

anticline............................................................................

syncline.............................................................................

M-vergence.......................................................................

Small-scale fold-axis, showing trend and plunge

Bedding, showing strike and dip

Foliation, showing strike and dip

inclined.............................................................................

inclined.............................................................................

vertical...............................................................................

Cleavage, showing strike and dip

inclined.............................................................................

vertical...............................................................................

Lineation, showing trend and plunge direction

Track........................................................................................

Fence, generally with track...................................................

Yard.........................................................................................

Contour line, 20 metre interval.............................................

Bore, well................................................................................

Windpump...............................................................................

Breakaway...............................................................................

Fault or shear

Strongly foliated rock............................................................

Fold, showing axial trace and generalized plunge direction

anticline; exposed............................................................

syncline; exposed............................................................

vertical...............................................................................

horizontal..........................................................................

strike and dip estimated from aerial photographs

0Ê15^..........................................................................

bedding trend............................................................

Palaeocurrent, showing trend and sense of direction

from megaripples, direction unknown............................

inclined.............................................................................

Aeromagnetic lineament........................................................

Shatter cone locality..............................................................

Stromatolite fossil locality.....................................................

Zinc...................................................................................

syncline; concealed..........................................................

Isotopic age determination site with identification number

Sand dune..............................................................................

Mineral exploration drill hole showing subsurface data....

15Ê45^........................................................................

Waterhole................................................................................

Mineral occurrence................................................................

Lead..................................................................................

Uranium............................................................................

Building...................................................................................

concealed, interpreted from aeromagnetic data...........

Watercourse; with ephemeral pool or waterhole................

Prospect (gold, unless otherwise indicated).......................

mesoscale folding............................................................

stretching lineation; inclined...........................................

Meteorite impact structure....................................................

Joint, showing strike and dip

Airphoto or Landsat lineament.............................................

Joint pattern...........................................................................

vertical..............................................................................

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True north, grid north and magnetic north

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Geology by F. Pirajno 1998

Edited by D. Ferdinando and G. Loan

Cartography by S. Hamill and K. Greenberg

Topography from the Department of Land Administration Sheet SG 51-5, 3046,with modifications from geological field survey

Published by the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Copies available fromthe Information Centre, Department of Minerals and Energy, 100 Plain Street,East Perth, WA, 6004. Phone (08) 9222 3459, Fax (08) 9222 3444

This map is also available in digital form

Printed by the Sands Print Group, Western Australia

The recommended reference for this map is:PIRAJNO, F., 1999, Nabberu, W.A. Sheet 3046: Western Australia Geological Survey, 1:100Ý000 Geological Series

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¦ Western Australia 1999

GEOLO

G IC A L SURVEY

WE

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E R N A U S T RA

LIA

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

DAVID BLIGHT, DIRECTOR

GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

HON. NORMAN MOORE, M.L.C.

MINISTER FOR MINES

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS

AND ENERGY

L. C. RANFORD, DIRECTOR GENERAL