Mineral Deposits and Petroleum Fields, Western Australia
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112° 114° 116° 118° 120° 122° 124° 126° 128° SUMBA WEST TIMOR EAST TIMOR 10° 10° JOINT PETROLEUM MINERAL DEPOSITS AND PETROLEUM FIELDS Laminaria East DEVELOPMENT AREA Western Australia — 2015 NORTHERN TERRITORY WESTERN AUSTRALIA Age (Ma) Ashmore Reef West I 12° 0 ALUMINA IRON East I 5 Alluvial, shoreline, and eolian deposits Middle I Marine limestone, sandstone, and continental valley-fill deposits All sites are Bauxite Fe unless otherwise indicated 12° 100 Marine and continental sedimentary rocks Fe ................. Iron TERRITORY OF ASHMORE AND CARTIER ISLANDS Marine and continental sedimentary rocks BASE METAL Mag .............. Magnetite T I M O R S E A Marine and continental sedimentary and volcanic rocks Sb ................ Antimony INDONESIA AUSTRALIA 500 PHANEROZOIC Cu ................ Copper PETROLEUM Pb ................. Lead ................ Gas Zn ................. Zinc Prometheus/Rubicon ................ Oil Petrel Sandstone ................ Oil and gas CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL 1000 Dimension stone PRECIOUS METAL COMMONWEALTH 'ADJACENT AREAS' BOUNDARY Frigate Gneiss BlackGran .... Black Granite Au unless otherwise indicated Tern Dior ............. Diorite Au ................ Gold Dlt ................ Dolerite Metasedimentary rocks Pd ................ Palladium Holothuria Reef Gab .............. Gabbro Pt ................. Platinum Trochus I Basic and ultrabasic intrusive rocks Gran ............. Granite Concerto PGE ............. Platinum group elements Mimia Echuca Shoals Cornea Otway Bank Marb ............. Marble Troughton I Ag ................ Silver Prelude Cape Londonderry OrbicGran .... Orbicular granite Ichthys West SIR GRAHAM Cape PROTEROZOIC Talbot Qtze ............. Quartzite Ichthys Parry HarbourTroughton Passage MOORE Is Lesueur I Eclipse Is Sdst .............. Sandstone Sandy Islet Cassini I Cape Rulhieres PRECIOUS MINERAL Mary I Oyster Rock Passage NAPIER Slate.............. Slate Torosa Browse I Blacktip 2000 Aga .............. Agate Vansittart BROOME Montesquieu Is Bay BAY All other construction materials Brla .............. Beryl — aquamarine Scott Reef Yankawinga I Cape Bougainville 14° Kingsmill Is Sandstone and shale Sandstone Brle .............. Beryl — emerald RIVER Cone Mountain JOSEPH BONAPARTE Basalt Basalt Metavolcanic rocks Granite andgneiss Granite andgneiss Clc ................ Chalcedony — undifferentiated Ashmore Dmd Metasedimentary rocks and basic intrusive rocks Brecknock 14° Metamorphosed volcanic ENERGY MONTAGUE ADMIRALTY Beta Creek Chert ............ Chert Maret Is Prudhoe Is Dmd GULF Turbin I SOUND GULF Reveley I Coal ............. Coal — undifferentiated Cbe .............. Chrysoberyl Gwydion Calliance Warrender Hill RIVER Carson River Buckle Head Lignite .......... Lignite GEORGE Chrp ............. Chrysoprase Mt Connelly Seppelt BIGGE I LAWLEY RIVERMt Connor Dmd and shale Turtle U .................. Uranium Dmd ............. Diamond — undifferentiated KING RIVER Iron formation Jussieu I Mitchell Plateau Pteropus Jasp ............. Jasper ARCHIPELAGO MITCHELL Lamarck I Dmd Mt Nicholls Mal ............... Theda Malachite Kartja I Cape Dussejour Rocky I INDUSTRIAL MINERAL YORK EDWARD Lacrosse I Basalt, dacite, and sandstone and Mookaite ...... Mookaite (silicified radiolarite) Gale I Pelican I SOUND Mt Anderson 3000 Aglime .......... Agricultural lime Mt Burns Agam ........... Moss agate RIVER CAMBRIDGE RIVER Alu ................ Alunite CORONATION IS ultrabasic Mossopal ..... Moss opal BONAPARTE GULF DRYSDALE Utting Gap And .............. Andalusite BERKELEY Mt Mongona Opalc ........... Opal — common BRUNSWICK RIVER Ath ............... Anthophyllite I N D I A N O C E A N BAY ARCHEAN and acid volcanic rocks FORREST Opalg ........... Opal — gem Champagny Is CARSON Metamorphosed basic and Oombulgurri Granite andgneiss RIVER volcanic and instrusive rocks Metamorphosed sedimentary Ap ................ Apatite Prh ............... Prehnite MORAN RIVER KING Mt Connection As ................. Arsenic St George Ningbing Qtzr .............. Quartz — rose Doongan Basin Asbs ............. Asbestos — chrysotile (serpentine) Qtzs ............. Quartz — smokey Adele I Asbr ............. Asbestos — crocidolite (riebeckite) Wyndham Sorby Hills Srp ............... Serpentine CAMDENWailgwin SOUND I Nulla Nulla Pb Zn Ag Mt Batten PRINCE REGENT RIVER Wyndham Carlton Hill 3700 Atta .............. Attapulgite Deception Bay Mt King TiEye ........... Tiger eye Durack River ORD Brt ................ Barite Guda Guda RIVER Toz ............... Topaz m 5000 Drysdale River Kimberley Research Station Ba................. Barium m 3000 Proto–Ord Tur ............... Tourmaline m 4000 Conway I Home Valley Dmd KING Ivanhoe Mt Cecil Major road .................................................................... King I PENTECOST Bent ............. Bentonite Vrs ............... Variscite MONTGOMERY IS Nullywah Mirima SHELF MacLeay I Shangri La Mt Septimus R Brl ................ Beryl — undifferentiated m 2000 Pb Au Ag Brt Cu Formed road ................................................................. Pantijan RIVER RIVER Zeb .............. Zebra rock Caffarelli I ARCHIPELAGOBathurst I ROAD Cal ............... Calcite Cockatoo Is KOOLAN I KINGFISHER IS Doubtful – WYNDHAM KUNUNURRA Irvine Island GIBB Track ............................................................................ Bay Wuggun Bandicoot Sheba Hill Cali .............. Calcrete — caliche Cockatoo Island Koolan Island Ellenbrae El Questro RIVER Yampi Sound Scaddan I Eagle Point R Railway, operating ........................................................ Cydo ............ Clay — dolomitic SPECIALITY METAL Yampi Sound COLLIER BAY CHARNLEY HANN 16° GIBB 1000 m 1000 Cu Strickland Bay Traverse I Kingston Rest Darbs Folly Cyfi .............. Clay — fireclay RIVER Slate Railway, proposed ........................................................ HM unless otherwise indicated BUCCANEER Secure Edward Peak CALDER Cape Leveque Old Mt Elizabeth RIVER Cor ............... Corundum — undifferentiated Bay Pentecost Downs 16° Bi ................. Bismuth B Cone Bay Wulalam I Walcott Inlet Gas pipeline ................................................................. ardi V Ti Mag DUNHAM Woolah Lake Argyle Core ............. Corundum — emery Djarindjin Mt Elizabeth HIGHWAY Zeb HM ............... Heavy minerals Lombadina Dodnun Gibb River RIVER Speewah Gas pipeline, proposed ................................................ Lombadina Point Skeleton Point Doon Doon Diat .............. Diatomite Cygnet Bay Grants Find Ngallagunda V Ti Mag Lpd ............... Lepidolite Cu ISDELL ROAD LAKE ARGYLE RIVER Speewah Wilsons Reward RIVER Dol ............... Dolomite Fl BEHM RIVER Oil pipeline ................................................................... Li .................. Lithium Cape Borda Cunningham Point Kimbolton Cu Mt Disaster Smoke Creek BARNETT R Dmd Fel ................ Feldspar Pender Bay SALMOND Glen Hill Oobagooma ROBINSON Mt Barnett RIVER City ............................................................................... PERTH MgCO3 ......... Magnesite Emeriau Point Goodenough Bay Beverley Springs CHAPMAN Sam Fl .................. Fluorite Beagle Bay U Dmd Bow River Mg ................ Magnesium KING SOUND Saddle Hill Oobagooma RIVER Kupungarri Dmd Townsite Lacepede Is RIVER Mt Hart Carson 9 Matsu Lissadell Grt ................ Garnet Disaster Bay Stuarts Cu Nb ................ Niobium Mica Brl King Sound Aries Argyle Village Argyle Glt ................ Billard RIVER Dmd KARRATHA Glauconite Beagle Bay Stokes Grt Sn Durack Laterite RIVER Dmd Dmd population 10 000 – 15 000 REE ............. Rare earth elements Cu Ni Au Ag PGE Bow River Spring Creek Point Torment Bay RIVER Gr ................. Graphite RIVER HANN Niobe RIVER Spring Hill 1000 – 10 000 CARNARVON Spd .............. Spodumene Cape Baskerville Valentine I Hawkestone Creek W Kimberley Jade Dmd RIVER St Gab Mt House DURACK Gp ................ Gypsum BARKER Ta ................ Tantalum DERBY – GIBB WILSON Texas Downs Carnot Bay Point Torment Wagon Pass BlackGran ADCOCK Mt Close less than 1000 Wiluna Hem–MIO .... Hematite — micaceous iron oxide CHAMBERLAIN Warmun Th ................ Thorium DERBY Zn Pb Ag Cu CHEDDA CLIFFS Wombarella Creek Imintji BOW Country Downs Gran Mt Deception Carnegie Kln ............... Kaolin Derby Yarrada Hill Narlarla NORTHERN Homestead ................................................................... Sn ................ Tin FRASER RIVER Karmulinunga MEDA Zn Pb Cu Ag Dlt Kimberley Black Granite Coulomb Point Mt Jowlaenga Mabel Downs Mt John Ky ................. Kyanite Mowanjum Meda Mt Marmion LENNARDNapier RIVER Downs Mt Broome Bedford Downs Mt Elder Warmun Zr ................. Zirconium Thunderbird Kimberley Carpenter Gap Core Cor Tableland Wurrenranginy Osmond Valley Aboriginal community ................................................... Lloyd Glenroy Lsd ............... Limesand James Price Point Dampier Hill Downs BlackGran RIVER Eskimo Knoll John Galt Glass Hill 200 m 200 James Price Point Mt Jowlaenga Boundary Mt North Turtle–Richenda Ni V Locality.......................................................................... Pardoo Roadhouse Kimberley Sandstone Pit 57 Au Cu Pb Ag As Sb REE Lst ................ Limestone Mt Clarkson West Terrace Dmd Ellendale 9 Fairfield Mt Brennan RIVER Savannah Ni Cu Co Pt Pd Mt Buchanan Quondong Point Sdst Terrace 5 Dmd BlackGran Mornington Ni Cu Co Lst–Lsd ........ Limestone — Limesand (undifferentiated) STEEL ALLOY METAL Prior Bore