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MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA MUNICIPAL PLANNING INFORMATION SERIES TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 21A − SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY AND AREAS OF HIGHEST MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINING POTENTIAL ENERGY and RESOURCES DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE Bay HIGHWAY Pt Home Lookout Prosser Bay Orford River Ile du Nord Quarry Pt Shelly Beach CAPE BOULLANGER River Spring Fossil Bay Beach SMAN TA Buckland THREE THUMBS Johnsons Pt STATE RESERVE TIER SH FLA MARIA ISLAND NATIONAL PARK MT MARIA Carrickfergus MARIA Bay PASSAGE ISLAND Booming SANDSPIT RIVER Bay PRIVATE MISTAKEN CAPE SANCTUARY Sandspit Pt Pt Lesueur Little Raggedy PROSSERS Shoal Cape des Head SUGARLOAF Tombeaux Bay Riedle Pt des Galets Bay Bay SANDSPIT RIVER CAPE FORESET RESERVE BERNIER ster NATURE Cockle Bay Oy RESERVE GLAMORG AN / SPRINGBAY Nugent MERCURY SORELL Cape Bald Green Bluff CAPE MAUROUARD CAPE BERNIER Barren Head Hellfire Bluff CAPE PERON HOSPITAL CREEK NATURE RESERVE Pt du Ressac Wattle Hill Kellevie WOODVINE ver NATUR RES. Ri MARION ARTHUR BAY Forcett HIGHWAY Copping LONG SPIT PRIVATE Lewisham NATURE RESERVE Carlton A CAPE PAUL LAMANON S E Dodges Ferry Bay Park North Beach AFRICA GULLY NATURE CAPE FREDERICK Carlton RESERVE Bay HENDRICK an Connellys Carlton Marsh Blackm Bluff Primrose Bangor Pt Sands Dunalley SORELL TASMAN Primrose Point Fulham Dunalley MT Point Bay FORESTIER HIGH ARTHUR YELLOW BLUFF Green Head Sloping Smooth Island Island LIME BAY und Lime FORESTIER STATE So Murdunna RESERVE Bay CAPE SURVILLE George PENINSULA LIME BAY King STATE RESERVE RANGE Lobster Point Monk Bay TASMAN NATIONAL Ironstone PARK Point S HIGHWAY Y COAL MINES ACKERL HISTORIC FAZ SITE Flinders Bay NORFOLK BAY Deer Pt EAGLEHAWK NECK HISTORIC SITE Saltwater Eaglehawk Bay Eaglehawk Neck River PIRATES BAY STATE RESERVE Dart Is. EAGLEHAWK NECK STATE RESERVE Pirates Halfway Bay Prices Bluff Penzance Bay Doo Town Cascades Bay N Premaydena Taranna Waterfall Bay A Koonya OUTER HIGHWAY NORTH S M HEAD TATNELLS HILL O'Hara Bluff A Roaring Beach T Bay Nubeena WEDGE TASMAN Oakwood Thumbs Pt HARDYS HILL NATURE RESERVE BAY PENINSULA HUR RT A NUBEENA Hippolyte Dolomieu Pt Rocks Wedge STEWARTS BAY Fortescue STATE RESERVE Island Bay ROAD PORT CAPE HAUY Port Highcroft MOUNT ARTHUR Arthur PORT ARTHUR STATE RESERVE ARTHUR Two Island HISTORIC SITE Bay TASMAN NATIONAL PARK Stormlea SAFETY COVE TASMAN STATE RESERVE NATIONAL Curio PARK Bay MUNRO Budget Head BIGHT Salters Pt MT RAOUL Haines West Arthur Bight Head Black Head Raoul CAPE PILLAR Bay MAINGON BAY TASMAN Tasman NATIONAL PARK Island CAPE RAOUL INDEX TO ADJOINING MAP SHEETS Scale: 1:100000 QUATERNARY 0 − 1.8 million years before present TRIASSIC 205 − 251 million years before present LATE − MIDDLE CAMBRIAN 490 − 510 million years before present 0 2 4 6 8 10km Sandstone and mudstone, minor black coal, Folded, deformed and altered volcanic rocks of various Areas of highly prospective rocks. These areas have a high Gravel, sand, clay, mud and minor limestone. compositions, and related intrusive igneous rocks, sandstone, 1 basalt and volcanic sediments. potential for exploration and mine development, especially in AGD66 − AMG Zone 55 siltstone and conglomerate (includes Mt Read Volcanics). the vicinity of existing mine sites and prospects, as indicated. Contour Interval: 100 metres 2 TERTIARY 1.8 − 65 million years before present PERMIAN − LATE CARBONIFEROUS 251 − 314 million years before present MIDDLE − EARLY CAMBRIAN 510 − 545 million years before present Note: Land outside the highly prospective areas, except Reserved Land, can still be subject to exploration and mining tenements. Serpentinite and greenstones. Deformed and metamorphosed Unconsolidated or cemented gravel, sand, silt Mudstone, pebbly mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate, The simplified geology for this map is derived from the 1:250000 and clay, minor limestone and brown coal. minor limestone, black coal and oil shale. volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks of ultra mafic and basaltic 3 compositions, and associated sandstone, mudstone and chert. Reserved land / Land unavailable for exploration and mining digital geology of Tasmania. tenement application. 4 7 EARLY CARBONIFEROUS − ORDOVICIAN 340 − 490 million years before present NEOPROTEROZOIC 545 − 1000 million years before present Mineral potential data compiled by K.Morrison M.Econ.Geol. (based Basalt and related sediments. on Weighted Composite Mineral Potential infomation compiled for 6 the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement). 5 Granite and related intrusive and minor volcanic igneous 8 Deformed and metamorphosed basaltic volcanic rocks and associated Municipality boundary. CRETACEOUS 65 − 141 million years before present rocks of various compositions. sandstone, siltstone, shale, dolomite, chert and schist. Mineral deposit information derived from Mineral Resources Tasmania 12 DEPOSITS data base. Data point position has not been verified in every case. 9 Intrusive and volcanic igneous rocks of various Folded and locally deformed sandstone, quartzite, MESOPROTEROZOIC 1000 − 1600 million years before present 11 compositions (Cygnet and Cape Portland areas only). siltstone, shale and slate, minor quartz veining. Active Mine Digital base information from Land Information Services Division, 13 10 Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. Granite (King Island only). 17 JURASSIC 141 − 205 million years before present ORDOVICIAN 434 − 490 million years before present Abandoned Mine Map produced by the Data Management Branch, 14 Mineral Resources Tasmania using G.I.S. software. 16 Deformed and metamorphosed quartzite, slate, 15 Dolerite. Limestone and minor sandstone, siltstone and shale. siltstone, conglomerate, schist and dolomite. Prospect or Mineral Occurence 21 While every care has been taken in the preparation of this data no warranty is given as to the correctness of the information and no liability is accepted for any statement or opinion or for 18 MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN − LATE CAMBRIAN 460 − 500 million years before present any error or omission. No reader should act or fail to act on the basis on any of material THIS MAP SHOULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAP B − contained herein. Readers should consult professional advisers. As a result the Crown in Right 20 of the State of the Tasmania and its employees, contractors and agents expressly disclaim all 19 Folded and locally deformed conglomerate, sandstone, MINING LEASES AND ACTIVE MINES, PITS AND QUARRIES. and any liability (including all liability from attributable to any negligent or wrongful act quartzite, siltstone and shale. or omission) to any person whatsoever in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by any Municipality such person in reliance whether in hole or in part upon any of the material in this data. Boundary Crown copyright reserved. MUNICIPAL PLANNING INFORMATION SERIES MAP 21A WARNING: INKS ARE LIGHT SENSITIVE /covers/project/tas_prospectivity/amls/geol100.aml Data correct & plotfile generated: December 04, 2006.
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