MINERAL RESOURCES MUNICIPAL PLANNING INFORMATION SERIES TASMANIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 2A − SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY AND AREAS OF HIGHEST MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINING POTENTIAL ENERGY and RESOURCES DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE

INNER SISTER The Elbow

SAGE PAS RS ISTE S Stanley Point

Holloway Pt

Blyth Point Palana

NORTH EAST RIVER GAME RESERVE MT KILLIECRANKIE

Killiecrankie Bay

Killiecrankie

WINGAROO NATURE RESERVE

Cape Frankland

MT TANNER PALAN

A

Roydon Island Tanners Bay

North Pasco RO

Island AD

Middle Pasco Island Red Bluff South Pasco Island ABORIGINAL LAND MARSHALL − BABEL ISLAND

AD Sellars Pt RO BAY

PATRIARCHS PRIVATE SANCTUARY Emita Memana

MANA ME

SELLARS ABORIGINAL LAND Settlement Pt − WYBALENNA

L A CK R A NA TASM

Spit Point ARTHUR FLINDERS LAGOO

N BAY AN PALAN A

PRIME MT LEVENTHORPE SEAL ISLAND

ROAD

R OAD

Long Pt

ISLAND CAMERON SAFE PASSAGE INLET

Whitemark

ISABELLA ISLAND NATURE RESERVE

PARRYS

LADY

Ranga BAY LOGAN BAR LAGOON R O N East Kangaroo BIG Big Island NATURE RESERVE LOGAN LAGOON Green RAMSAR SITE EAST KANGAROO ISLAND Island NATURE RESERVE

TH E ROAD P E A K STRZELECKI S BASS PEAKS O Lady F BADGER Barron F L CORNER IN PRIVATE POT BOIL POINT D Trousers E SANCTUARY STRZELECKI Point R NATIONAL PARK S ADELAIDE STRZELECKI NATIONAL PARK BAY

Little Green Island SEA

LITTLE DOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE ABORIGINAL LAND − GREAT DOG IS. Great Dog Island Ross Pt

ABORIGINAL Mt Chappell LAND − MT Island CHAPPELL CHAPPELL ISLAND VANSITTART Tin Kettle ISLAND Anderson Puncheon Point Island SOUND Goose Anderson Island Island ANDERSON ABORIGINAL LAND − BADGER ISLAND ANKLIN ISLANDS James Pt FR

DEEP BAY

Long Island

MT Cape Barren MUNRO Island

Harleys Pt CAPE BARREN EAST COAST CAPE LAGOONS RAMSAR SITE

ISLAND

CAPE SIR JOHN

STRA

ABORIGINAL LAND MT − CAPE BARREN KERFORD ISLAND KENT BAY CAPE BARREN IT

Wombat Pt

Sloping Point Jamiesons Point CHANNEL Seal Pt

SYDNEY COVE HISTORIC SITE G Cone Point STRON ARM

Forsyth Island Passage Island

CLARKE ISLAND NATURE RESERVE

CLARKE

Black Pt ISLAND Spike Bay

LOW ISLETS NATURE RESERVE

Lookout Head

MORIARTY ROCKS NATURE RESERVE Moriarty Pt

South Head

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 ( 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 2A

WARNING: INKS ARE LIGHT SENSITIVE /covers/project/tas_prospectivity/amls/geol100.aml Data correct & plotfile generated: December 04, 2006