GEOLOGICAL MAP of the NORTHERN TERRITORY TERTIARY Cz Fluvial Sandstone and Siltstone on Bathurst and Melville Islands

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Sand, clay, calcrete and lacustrine limestone in inland palaeodrainage; GEOLOGICAL MAP of the NORTHERN TERRITORY TERTIARY Cz fluvial sandstone and siltstone on Bathurst and Melville Islands

MONEY SHOAL, BONAPARTE, ARAFURA AND PEDIRKA AND EROMANGA 132°E 135°E CARPENTARIA BASINS BASINS 129°E 138°E Mudstone, Shale, shale sandstone K K CRETACEOUS 100 JUNCTION BAY MELVILLE ISLAND COBOURG PENINSULA WESSEL ISLANDS TRUANT ISLAND BATHURST ISLAND Minjilang Sandstone, Shale, shale, * Units not exposed sandstone MELVILLE * Jk mudstone * Jk ISLAND Johnston CAPE DON WESSEL ISLANDS JURASSIC Sandstone, Sandstone, Pirlangimpi Qa shale, shale Qa ARAFURA SEA * J coal * J Milikapiti Tjipripu River Murenella 200 TIMOR K Sandstone, Sandstone, River K Qa TRIASSIC shale, shale, Cz Warruwi * T limestone * T coal Cz Paru Pickertaramoor M10 Nguiu Qa Creek K SEA K Sandstone, Sandstone, Murgenella River PERMIAN limestone, shale,

BATHURST VAN DIEMEN GULF P shale, coal, AMADEUS, NGALIA, DALY, P coal ISLAND King diamictite GEORGINA AND WISO BASINS Sandstone, Sandstone, 300 ALLIGATOR RIVER Coopers MILINGIMBI K Qa ARNHEM BAY 12°S DARWIN g4 M10 Galiwinku GOVE 12°S conglomerate, conglomerate, FOG BAY K K Maningrida siltstone, Pn Creek Milingimbi d9 M9 M8 CARBONIFEROUS siltstone, g4 C shale ALICE SPRINGS OROGENY 400-300 BEAGLE Nhulunbuy * DC shale, ADELAIDE K Qa Qa M6 coal, Qa d6 M10 Qa Qa Cato diamictite River Yirrkala GULF Qa g4 SOUTH ALLIGATOR Woolen g6 Sandstone, Qa River Ramingining K f6 g5 Wildman Oenpelli shale River River GULF Sandstone,

DARWIN RIVER K Alligator DEVONIAN P1 g5 M6b River limestone D

RIVER Qa K M10 GLYDE D River Gapuwiyak West Goomadeer Qa 400 K ARNHEM Ar K EAST RIVER K Cadell K Sandstone, Sandstone P4 Jabiru K River * S S ALLIGATOR Qa g4 SILURIAN salt M9 K Qa d6 Gulbuwangay K Sandstone, Sandstone, Creek

RIVER d6 Maidjunga f6 shale,

P3 HIGHWAY M6 River shale, LARAPINTA EVENT 480-460

P2 b2 dolostone O -- Pn ORDOVICIAN -- dolostone Cooinda RIVER g4 OF * CO CO P2 P1 Imimbar Ar g5 P3 Qa P3 Liverpool

River

V9 -- MARY -- 500

MOUNT EVELYN Pn MOUNT MARUMBA BLUE MUD BAY g5 Limestone, sandstone C3 Dolostone, limestone, sandstone HARTS RANGE COMPLEX

PINE CREEK P4 PORT LANGDON * C2 --

HIGHWAY GOYDER

CAPE SCOTT P Batchelor KoolatongRiver CAMBRIAN -- C2 Limestone, shale River d9 --

b1 d6 -- Sandstone, C

BLYTH Sandstone, conglomerate - - C1 RIVER M6 Creek C1 -- Mann f6 * flood basalt C2 M6 Jim Jim Pn RIVER Qa C1b Flood basalt A10d Amphibolite PERON ISLANDS Creek K Annie 545 d4 g5 M6 Adelaide River d4 g6 M8 K CARPENTARIA BUKALARA SANDSTONE, RISING SUN CENTRALIAN SUPERBASIN Migmatitic metapelite, d4 b1 d6 WESSEL GROUP CONGLOMERATE ARUMBERA, YUENDUMU A10 metabasite, gneiss, calc-silicate, marble, quartzite P1 P4 Sandstone, Sandstone, Sandstone, limestone, M7 M10conglomerate, D10 conglomerate siltstone PETERMANN OROGENY 570-530

g5 mudstone P10L 4 - - Burrundie K P4 JOSEPH C2 d4 Walker River P3 Mainoru

f4 KAKADU P4 PIONEER, OLYMPIC,

- DUERDIN GROUP

g5 d4 d4 d9 Qa P4 PERTATATAKA - Bulman - C1

V10 g5 V6 Conglomerate, Sandstone, dolostone, - CO - P5f d9 sandstone, limestone, diamictite

C2 P3 River P5 V10

BONAPARTE d4 Milyakburra mudstone, P10L 3

- P d4 - Pine Creek K M6 diamictite C2 K DALY P4 K K WILTON f5 RIVER Rose M6 Alyangula Umbakumba GROOTE AREYONGA, ARALKA K DALY P5f LP10 GULF V6 d9 Angurugu EYLANDT Siltstone, dolostone, g5 limestone, sandstone, RIVER River P10L Pn KATHERINE URAPUNGA ROPER RIVER M8 2 diamictite FERGUSSON RIVERFish CAPE BEATRICE PORT KEATS g5 K MOYLE

d4 River P4 RIVER d4 P5f M6 K M6 RIVER

Peppimenarti River f4 Flying Fox M9 Qa g5 K P5 K d4 KATHERINE Numbulwar Wadeye HEAVITREE, BITTER SPRINGS RIVER g5 d4 P5 M6b Waterhouse Quartzite, sandstone,

Palumpa d9 Creek

K O Jalboi conglomerate, dolostone, -

V10 V10 - P10L

C1b 1 limestone, salt

- KATHERINE - Maranboy Barunga River Qa C2 P5 d9 d9 P4 g5

RIVER Qa 1000 -

g5 -

FLORA C1b STRATIGRAPHY RECOGNISED METAMORPHIC TERRAINS IGNEOUS COMPLEXES - - Ngukurr

C1b

RIVER ROPER - RIVER - KING RIVER b8

VICTORIA C2 HIGHWAY -

FITZMAURICE - HIGHWAY Qa M7

C2 -- ROPER d9 MARIA VICTORIA- SOUTH - - Mataranka C1b g5 C2 M7 K ISLAND McARTHUR TENNANT BIRRINDUDU NICHOLSON ARUNTA MUSGRAVE Creek M8 Qa Mathison BASIN REGION BASIN BASIN REGION BLOCK

HODGSON DOWNS FELSIC VOLCANICS GRANITE/GNEISS MAFIC VOLCANICS MAFIC INTRUSIVES

15°S P RIVER DELAMERE LARRIMAH M9 MOUNT YOUNG PELLEW 15°S 1000

Creek

AUVERGNE Creek TJAUWATA GROUP - Elsey - M6

Creek Mountain River C1b RIVER Bimodal volcanics, River V9 K sandstone,

P RIVER M10 U9 quartzite,

Ikymbon Creek - - AUVERGNE, conglomerate, Cattle ROPER GROUP f9 g9 b9 d9 Angalarri C1b Qa d9 FITZMAURICE AND SOUTH NICHOLSON red-beds Aroona Sandstone, KEEP RENNER GROUP TIJUNNA GROUPS GROUP River Cz LP9

Birdum HODGSON River K M9 shale Sandstone, Siltstone, Sandstone, MUSGRAVE OROGENY 1200-1160 C M10 RIVER

River RIVER SIR EDWARD PELLEW GROUP shale shale, shale - - M6 D9 V9 L9 Bullo Larrimah C1b Creek sandstone

Dry BAINES Cz COX Rosie RIVER NATHAN AND f4 Gregory WATTIE AND

River Timber Creek Creek MT RIGG GROUPS BULLITA GROUPS DOOMADGEE FORMATION ?1500

Creek - - Dolostone VICTORIA M6 Dolostone, Sandstone, Felsic and Delamere C1b LIMMEN BIGHT CHEWINGS OROGENY STUART K d9 M8 V8 limestone, L8 dolostone, mafic gneiss, g8 b8 MESOPROTEROZOIC NEOPROTEROZOIC 1590-1570 West Baines sandstone shale U8 schist, LP8

D Ck Strangways M6b M6 Sandstone Pn M10 Creek MADDERNS YARD, YAYA quartzite g4 V8 M9 McARTHUR AND AND IWUPATAKA Snake Batten BALMA GROUPS FICKLING GROUP COMPLEXES 1600 P4 K Dolostone, LIMBUNYA GROUP Dolostone, Felsic and pelitic DALY WATERS TANUMBIRINI BAUHINIA DOWNS shale, Dolostone, shale, gneiss/schist, VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Battle ROBINSON RIVER WATERLOO RIVER K sandstone shale, siltstone, orthoquartzite,

V10 VICTORIA f5

Creek f6 Borroloola NAMERINNI SUBGROUP siltstone, -- Creek sandstone amphibolite, Dolostone, chert, C1 Creek M6 LIEBIG OROGENY migmatite,

River f7

Daly Waters ARNOLD M8 shale sandstone 1640-1630 calc-silicate Creek - V9 - CARPENTARIA K C1b M8 M9 Fletcher Lagoon M7 D7 V7 L7 M7 The RIVER A7 BUCHANAN LP7 East Baines Tanumbirini g7b7 d7 RIVER M6 CALVERT Top Springs RIVER Leichhardt

Behn River Dunmarra M8 RIVER RIVER

Creek Cz PARSONS RANGE, Sandstone Sandstone - - WEARYAN Creek River K TAWALLAH AND C1b RIVER HIGHWAY HIGHWAY PARGEE SANDSTONE, Armstrong RIVER KATHERINE RIVER GROUPS Townshend M9 d6 TOLMER AND PETERS CREEK VOLCANICS, Running Sandstone, BIRRINDUDU GROUPS WIRE CREEK SANDSTONE Creek K 1700 V9 M6b M6 conglomerate Sandstone, Bimodal M8 conglomerate, volcanics, M7 f6 V6 L6b M8 FOELSCHE greywacke dolostone Creek MC ARTHUR M6b Mafic UPPER HATCHES REYNOLDS RANGE GROUP, Creek WICKHAM GLYDE STRANGWAYS

volcanics CREEK GROUP Sandstone, CADNEY METAMORPHICS

HIGHWAY BEETALOO L6 EVENT 1730-1700 g6 d6 NEWCASTLE WATERS - WALHALLOW - WAVE HILL Creek CALVERT HILLS Sandstone, conglomerate Schist,

LIMBUNYA C2 M10 Creek

Newcastle shale slate, f6 -- RIVER - Mistake Depot - M6 g6 D6 C3 C2 K Gold siltstone, LP6 calc-silicate, D6b Mafic A6

Stirling volcanics amphibolite,

Negri - - quartzite d6 YAMBAH EVENT C2 Daguragu RIVER Newcastle Waters Creek Creek ROBINSON 1780-1760 b6 River Creek Giles or Wattie Kalkarindji Creek M10 Creek Elliott Settlement BranchM6b 1800 P4 HIGHWAY PINE CREEK TENNANT TANAMI MURPHY M10 OROGEN REGION REGION INLIER STAFFORD EVENT Puzzle M6 V9 M6 1810-1800 V7 Cz

HIGHWAY M6 M10 BUNTINE LAKE M6 Y5 L6 WOODS g5 WARE GROUP STRANGWAYS COMPLEX g5 Y4 OORADIDGEE AND Sandstone, Felsic and BUSTARD, EDITH RIVER LOWER HATCHES volcaniclastic mafic gneiss, Y4 CREEK GROUPS VICTORIA L7 L8 AND EL SHERANA sandstone metavolcanics, g5 Y5 Sandstone, HELEN SPRINGS GROUPS metapelite 18°S Hooker WINNECKE CREEK SOUTH LAKE WOODS BRUNETTE DOWNS MOUNT DRUMMOND 18°S siltstone BIRRINDUDU Sandstone N52 A52 Maud Cresswell M10 Creek d9 Creek f6 Felsic Felsic Creek D6 T5f N5f LP5 Creek volcanics Creek NONGRA volcanics TARRABOOL LAKE N52 K Cattle D9 Renner Springs LAKE

Lajamanu TANAMI EVENT 1830

River -

- - Cz - KILLI KILLI FORMATION LANDER ROCK FORMATION

C1b Creek

Sturt C1b - - T5 McKinlay L9 Greywacke, Greywacke,

D7 C1b Creek Fish Hole siltstone, siltstone,

g5 Cr Creek P5

Tomkinson South Nicholson shale shale,

- - -- Brunette CLIFFDALE VOLCANICS schist, C2 C1b D7 Creek Creek N51 Felsic A51 gneiss Attack Bootu L7 f6 volcanics N52 Winnecke Creek D6 Y5 f5 b5 d5 N5f P5f Felsic L6b volcanics N52 Y4 DEAD BULLOCK FORMATION L6 Carrara River TENNANT EVENT 1850 Boree Creek 1850-1840 BIF, N51 Creek carbonaceous N5f BARRAMUNDI OROGENY g5 Attack shale, g4 NIMBUWAH EVENT siltstone, 1860-1840 TENNANT CREEK 1860-1850 TANAMI EAST GREEN SWAMP WELL D6 ALROY RANKEN chert, TANAMI sandstone, Ar Cz Playford FINNISS RIVER WARRAMUNGA MURPHY GROUP FORMATION dolerite METAMORPHICS D10 River N4 Buchanan Creek Greywacke, Greywacke, Greywacke, d5 BARKLY shale, shale, N4 shale, d4 PALAEOPROTEROZOIC f4 siltstone, siltstone, siltstone d4 N4 T5f sandstone hematitic

Cz g6 T5 T5f shales - V6 - Y4 LP4 C1b

f4 Prentice Herbert -

d5 T4 C1b- Lake P4 T4

LAKE f4 - TENNANT CREEK - BUCK C2 TABLELANDS River b6 HIGHWAY T5f g5 N52 Creek g5 N5f O g4 River

b6 g5 Lorne 1860 Tanami D STH ALLIGATOR GROUP

LANDER RIVER BONNEY WELL FREW RIVER Greywacke, - - MOUNT SOLITAIRE LANDER AVON DOWNS THE GRANITES C1b g5 Gosse RANKEN shale, James g5 T5 WELLTREE METAMORPHICS, NOURLANGIE SCHIST siltstone N52 Rabbit Flat N51 Gneiss, River schist, RIVER g5 N51 D6 calc-silicate,

para- Tuff, shale, phyllite, chert

- - P3 LP3 C1b g5 T4 T5 Pn amphibolite, D metabasite Carbonaceous shale, A52 T5f BIF, g6 shale, QUEENSLAND

Wycliffe d6 dolostone - Wauchope River - g5 RIVER

WESTERN AUSTRALIA WESTERN N4 TANAMI Creek T5 Ar P10L 4 C2 T5 P A52 g5 d5 Wycliffe Well b5 Cz g5 D6 2000 A5 g6 g6 MT PARTRIDGE GROUP Cz 1 Sandstone, Frew HIGHWAY b2 N51 shale

BARROW CREEK

21°S MOUNT THEO MOUNT PEAKE g6 Ali-Curung ELKEDRA SANDOVER RIVER 21°S - HIGHLAND ROCKS N4 g5 g5 - g5 N4 T5 C2

Creek T5

ELKEDRA RIVER LP2

g5 N51 D6b River P2 -

A51 C3- d5 g6 T5f Milne CREEK P10L 1 Ingallan g6 Taylorg5 A51 HANSON g5 A5 1 ?2050 A6 HANSON T5 Creek KAKADU AND NAMOONA GROUPS Barrow Creek P10L 4 P10L 4 Sandstone,

T5 P10L 4

g5 d6 dolostone, b1

HERMIT CREEK, MYRA FALLS METAMORPHICS

- P1 - RIVER - g6 magnesite LP1 Creek C1 C3 Gordon

1 SANDOVER 2500

- - RUM JUNGLE AND BROWNS RANGE DOME,

C3 RIVER SANDOVER Manners - g5 P10L - NANAMBU COMPLEXES BILLABONG COMPLEX 4 C2 RIVER Granite, Granite, BUNDEY gneiss, gneiss, d6 schist, schist ALCOOTA MOUNT DOREEN NAPPERBY D HUCKITTA TOBERMOREY BIF LAKE MACKAY g8 g7 Ti-Tree

Creek A

d5 g6 -- Ar Ar - CO - A6

Yuendumu CO

g6 ARCHAEAN g6 - D - P10L 3 CO A6 O O A6 A6 D Cz LAKE P10L 3 P10L 1

MACKAY P10L

3 P10L ROAD A5 - -

g8 3 1 - - C g6 P10L 3 - Note : Chronometric scale is non-linear. Creek C3 C2 C1 g6 A52 P10L 1 HIGHWAY P10L 1 Creek

d5 g8 g6 O - P10L 1 - O

Napperby C3

PLENTY - - GEOLOGICAL REGIONS TOTAL MAGNETIC INTENSITY

d7 g6 C3 - g5 PLENTY - LAKE g6 C2

LEWIS Muller

RIVER Marqua

- P10L Atitjere - 1 g6 A52 K

C2 D -

HERMANNSBURG ALICE SPRINGS ILLOGWA CREEK -

d5 MOUNT LIEBIG A6 HAY RIVER C2 Creek - MOUNT RENNIE A5 A51 A10d - 1 g6 C1 g6 d7 d5 A5 A52 g6 Papunya A52 2 A10 g7 g7 A6 P10L 2 b7 d6 g6 d7 A7 g6 FIELD f7 P10L f7 2 P10L 1 Cz A7 d5 RIVER Haasts Bluff

P10L d7 g9 g6

1 P10L 3

- g7 - K P10L P10L 4 C g6 3 Deering O A6 A52 P Creek g6 P10L 1 A7 g7 ALICE SPRINGS P10L D O 1

S TODD

S --

P10L 4 P10L Illogwa 1 --

S O Hermannsburg S P10L C HAY

S O C HIGHWAY 2 -

- O P10L 4 D P10L 4 A6 P10L

C 4

- RODINGA - RIVER 24°S LAKE AMADEUS HENBURY Areyonga C Cz P10L 2 HALE RIVER SIMPSON DESERT NORTH 24°S BLOODS RANGE g5 Creek P10L 1 S HALE

A51

D FINKE

- L A K E - Cz C RIVER N E A L E RIVER McMinn RIVER

S - Creek - C PALMER

P10L 2 HUGH RIVER L A K E A M A D E U S b9 P f9 P10L 1 P10L 3 O RIVER K U9 D Kaltukatjara

g9 STUART FINKE AYERS ROCK KULGERA McDILLS SIMPSON DESERT SOUTH PETERMANN RANGES O P10L 2 D P10L 4 LASSETER HIGHWAY P10L 3 O Yulara FINKE Curtin Springs Cz P10L 3 P P10L 1 RIVER

Finke g9 K

U8 U8 Kulgera U8 Creek g9 U8 Goyder U8 d9 U8 26°S 132°E 135°E 26°S 129°E SOUTH AUSTRALIA 138°E

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Neoproterozoic- Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Low Intensity High Intensity Mesozoic-Cenozoic Palaeozoic Basins Orogens Archaean NORTHERN TERRITORY 0 100 200 300 400 500 km 0 100 200 300 400 500 km QUEENSLAND Albers Equal Area Projection AUSTRALIA Central Meridian 133°30' EAST SCALE 1 : 10 000 000 SCALE 1 : 10 000 000 Standard Parallels 13°30' and 23°30' SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) SOUTH AUSTRALIA SYMBOLS NEW SOUTH WALES Compiled: M Ahmad and IR Scrimgeour 2006. Northern Geological boundary...... Compiled using overlays from the complete coverage of First Edition, and partial coverage of Second Edition 1:250 000 geological maps, published by the Northern Territory Geological Survey and Territory VICTORIA Geoscience Australia; augmented by preliminary bedrock interpretations in selected areas from high-resolution airborne magnetic surveys. Palaeo-drainages are from information supplied by Natural Fault; thrust...... Resources Division, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts. Geological Main road...... TASMANIA Survey Cartography: IM Burgan. Produced by the Northern Territory Geological Survey, Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, Darwin, Australia. Secondary road...... Richard Brescianini, Director, Northern Territory Geological Survey Issued under the authority of the Minister for Mines and Energy, the Honourable KONSTANTINE (KON) VATSKALIS, MLA. Railway...... GEOLOGICAL MAP of the NORTHERN TERRITORY This map is available from Minerals and Energy Information Centre, 3rd Floor Centrepoint Building, Darwin. Phone (61) 8 89996443, Fax (61) 8 89995221. Email [email protected]. 2006 edition Watercourse......

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