Bedrock Geological Map of the Mt Read Volcanics Belt

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Bedrock Geological Map of the Mt Read Volcanics Belt MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA 360000mE 70 80 90 400000mE 5400000mN 5400000mN IN TA MOUN Tasmania E CRADL R DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE River iver ENERGY and RESOURCES R Que Hellyer ell River MT BEDROCK GEOLOGICAL MAP OF tream III Southw CRIPPS olds C River T MT UL THE MT READ VOLCANICS BELT FA RAMSAY CRIPPS Que MT ield River Hatf AND ADJACENT AREAS River High Point Que Ramsay Sharks SOUTH DARWIN PEAK TO HELLYER Sock I Fin Bulgobac Creek River Sock MT Creek III − IV CHARTER Compiled by K.D. Corbett 2002 South for Western Tasmanian Regional Minerals Program 90 Ross 90 Ck er Silver Scale: 1:100000 Riv Falls Bulgobac Hill 0 2 4 6 8 10km WY H MT AGD66 − AMG Zone 55 BLOCK Fur y THE Boco River PINNACLES Alteration Zone Creek ardine Valley llab ROAD Tu TERTIARY River BOCO ON isson k s u Lynch Burns H Snake MT Alfred Peak Island Southern ROMULUS Rvt MURCHIS PARSONS Trenches I White JURASSIC HOOD Hawk John TRIASSIC − B Hollway ro PERMIAN − ug CARBONIFEROUS h a m River DEVONIAN Chester LAKE k EARLY DEVONIAN Mt Kershaw oa MACKINTOSH − SILURIAN 80 River 80 ELDON GROUP rion LAKE Ma ROSEBERY Tullah Merton ROAD Langdons HIGH ORDOVICIAN Hill PIEMAN TOR GRANITE GROUP Cutty TOR GORDEN Sark MT SALE MT FARRELL FAULT AULT F ? EARLY ORDOVICIAN − LATE CAMBRIAN MT BLACK LAKE Rosebery PIEMA N Black CK Sophia P. A. 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MESOPROTEROZOIC EW ZEEHAN A RIVE RT North YNDALL Lake T Mary ELDON PK ELDON Lake CAMBRIAN INTRUSIVE ROCKS Y Basin Spicer RANGE HENT Lake P FA rofessor ULT IV River Ra REAT nge G 50 Lake 50 Margaret AD HENTY RO Grieves Siding don MT SEDGWICK Lake Lake Lang h HIGHW Margaret Beatrice Sout Eldon Professor SEDGWICK Plateau AY BLUFF Beatrice II West er II River Riv Sedgewick THE Zigzag Hill Co SISTERS mst ock V Lyell Tasman all Queensberry Crown ey Comstock FIREWOOD Cape ande LAKE ol II Horn Y SIDING BURBURY HE II NTY RIVER North MT LYELL Western Madam Lyell Tharsis NO Howards Ba RTH III River III LYELL Burbury rincess FAULT Prince Linda FAUL P Lyell Valley T Iron Gormanston Blow 40 QUEENSTOWN 40 LYE VER LL RI I II III IV Tully MT OWEN son l e HWY k N R Ridge II Cree River III BUBS HILL Lynchford King River Gold THUREAU HILLS SOURCE DIAGRAM rite io ers D 360000 370 380 390 400000 in 5400000 5400000 M PUBLISHED SOURCES RAMSAY 1 7 1:250,000 digital series geological maps HIGHWAY MT 1 of NW and SW Tasmania. 3 EEN HUXLEY 1 CHARTER U CORINNA 14 2 1:25,000 digital series geological maps. Q 4 Coupon River 5390 5390 Strahan PARSONS 1:50,000 series geological maps. LYELL Governor 5 MT J FAULT 5 Mt Read Volcanics Project 1:25,000 map series. UKES Jukes 6 2 Pty BLOCK Regatta Point UNPUBLISHED SOURCES 2 Long Crotty Dam 5380 5380 Bay ROSEBERY 1a Mapping by R. Poltock for Pasminco Expl −TCR 94 − 356 7, 3568. MT ROA LAKE 14 30 ER 30 RIV JUKES 7 Lettes D BURBURY 1b B.Sc. Honours thesis by J. McKibben (1993). ELL 2 TULLAH Y Bay L 2 B.Sc. Honours thesis by P. Buxton (1997). Lake ZEEHAN Jukes 5370 5370 3 Mapping by Aberfoyle Resources − TCR 94 − 3537. DUNDAS 4 MT 11 4 Work by BHP Exploration − TCR 89−2968. MARY G 14 Teepookana 5 Mapping by A. McNeill for Pasminco Expl. − TCR 02 − 4667. KIN SELINA 6 B.Sc. Honours thesis by R. O. Reid (1990). al i 5360 5360 on 3 Pine OCEANA 5 7a Ph.D. thesis by C. Gifkins (2001). King Pt Spur EAT ercol 8 7b Mapping by R.L. Allen for Pasminco. GR 12 Int C ov TYNDALL 8 Mapping by Goldfields Expl. − M. Vicary, T. Callaghan. e 9 II Darwin 5350 5350 Dam 9 Mapping by R. Poltock for Pasminco Expl. − TCR 92 − 3376. Garfield QUEENSTOWN MT eek 10 M.Sc. mapping by K.D. Corbett (2001). Cr FINCHAM 14 G East arfield Findons Darwin 10 11 B.Sc. Honours thesis by P. Greenhill (1995). Connellys Point MT 5340 GORMANSTON 5340 12 Mapping for Pasminco Expl. by Denwer & McNeill TCR 01 − 4606 STRAHAN STRAHAN LYELL 13 Mapping for WTRMP by K.L. Morrison (2002) & K.D. Corbett. R MT 14 Significant changes to boundaries and / or designations for 13 OWEN WTRMP Report by Corbett (2002). Sophia Pt DARWIN 5330 5330 Stratigraphic subdivision of the Middle and Late Cambrian rocks F largely follows that of Corbett, Berry and Selley in AMIRA Project 20 RANKLIN 20 P291A ’Structure and Mineralisation of Western Tasmania’, Final 13 Report, March 1997. CODES/University of Tasmania. River MT DARWIN SORELL River Base information from Land Information Services Division, 5320 5320 Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. Prince PHILIPS Geological data for this map were compiled at 1:100,000 based Darwin on 1:250,000 digital topographic information. Braddon This map is available only as hard copy or image products. RIVER Liberty Pt e Map produced by the Data Management Branch, rty ENG Mineral Resources Tasmania using G.I.S. software. SOUTH 5310000 5310000 y Clark DARWIN 360000 370 380 390 400000 INEER PEAK DARWIN METEORITE CRATER LOCATION DIAGRAM MACQUARIE While every care has been taken in the preparation of this data, Coal Head River RA no warranty is given as to the correctness of the information and NGE no liability is accepted for any statement or opinion or for any error or omission. No reader should act or fail to act on the basis d of any material contained herein. Readers should consult professional Bir advisers. As a result the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania and its employees, contractors and agents expressly disclaim all and HARBOUR any liability (including all liability from or attributable to any negligent or wrongful act or omission) to any persons whatsoever in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by any such person in reliance whether in whole or in part upon any of the material in this data. Double Philips Island Crown copyright reserved. Creek Cove Pelias Cove 5310000mN 5310000mN 360000mE 70 80 90 400000mE Plotfile generated 26−MAY−2003 WARNING: INKS ARE LIGHT SENSITIVE.
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