Plate 2 Geological Interpretation of the Northwest Yilgarn Craton Margin
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE NORTHWEST YILGARN CRATON MARGIN RECORD 2013/6 PLATE 2 å00 å50 è00 è50 ä25ôôôÜE ä50 ê00ôôôÜE ê25ôôôÜE 115^00' å25 115^30' å75 116^00' è25 116^30' 114^15' 114^30' ä75 è75 117^00' 117^15' ìMO-g zq zq ìMW-od zq 25^10' PIM ìDA-mg ìDU-g 25^10' åBYU-sf Ck ðha-mgn Ck ìmwaGAG ìod Capricorn Orogeny (1820Ê1770 Ma ì) ROAD ðha-mgn ìPOJ-md BEE MOUNT DALGETY Moorayana Yalbalgo åBYL-sf zq GASCOYNE RIVER ìMO-g Óxs-kCV Siliciclastic and (in coastal regions) calcareous sedimentary rocks and regolith, greater Carnarvon Basin CALLAGIDDY- æåLY-sepg ìMO-g CARNARVON-GASCOYNE RIVER ROAD CENOZOIC G CREEK ìMGxmh-mk 1817Ê1773 Ma ìMO-g Undivided; granite and minor gabbro, and metamorphosed equivalents åca-kt eeranoo 1600 LANDOR- ìod åBYL-sf Bubbagundy ROAD ìod Mumba Baronne Moorarie Jacobs åWO-ss Daurie Congo Fortress Peak æZ-xs-kCV DAIRY LANDOR Jingle Creek WINDERIE 10GA-CP2 Dalgety DALGETY DOWNS- áWN-sf Shale, siltstone, marl, and basal sandstone; commonly glauconitic; radiolarian siltstone in central part ROAD Gregory"s zq ìPOJ-md LANDOR ìod Cretaceous MARRON COBRA- ìod ìMO-g 1961Ê1945 Ma ìBB-g Granite and metagranitic rocks Pell Winning Group Dairy Creek 6000 MESOZOIC Gully ìMW-od Dalgety Downs Supersuite Supersuite ROAD MULLEWA ROAD Creek ìod Bertibubba ìod Creek WANDAGEE FORMATION and NALBIA SANDSTONE and BAKER FORMATION: intercalated siltstone, shale îä00 Jar åBYL-sf ìod ìDA-mg Creek ìMGxmh-mk ìod Flinerty ìMW-od ìod ðmgYNAY åBYU-sf Glenburgh Orogeny (2005Ê1950 Ma î) ROAD and sandstone Winderie Round Hill åWO-ss CARNARVON- MEEKATHARRA Creek ìMEP1-kt ìMW-od Creek ìod Thirty åWO-ss Creek ìPOJ-md ELLAVALLA- áWN-sf ìod ìod îä00 Zone 102 Black ìod ROAD Erong ìod R ìDA-mg ìCHxmd-mk 2125Ê1965 Ma ìmwaGAG Amphibolite ìPOJ-md Hurricane ìMW-od IVE Adder BULGADOO SHALE and CUNDLEGO FORMATION: black shale and siltstone overlain by fine-grained æZxs-kCV GLENBURGH od R Creek åBYM-sf æZxs-kCV ìod Mustang Au NE 3 ìod ìod sandstone; hummocky and swaley cross-stratified åca-kt NS- Creek Creek åca-kt ìod Yard ìod Marron zq W k Byro Group Tuxedo ìod EDAGGEE Congo DO Zone 126 ree ìod MULLEW Icon ìod C ìod PROTEROZOIC K13 Creek Walkabubba Geeranoo Erimia Shelby PALEOPROTEROZOIC Creek IRWIN RIVER COAL MEASURES: 2001Ê1955 Ma ìCHxmd-mk Pelite, calc-silicate rock, quartzite, metamorphosed banded iron-formation and amphibolite A Creek ìMO-g COYRIE FORMATION and MALLENS SANDSTONE: fine-grained bioturbated sandstone overlying interbedded very coarse to fine grained sandstone, ìod ìod ìMO-g åBYL-sf åir-ssh GASCOYNE PROVINCE interbedded sandstone, siltstone and mudstone claystone, siltstone, shale (commonly carbonaceous), and coal Camel Hills Torino Southwest DALGETY Apollo Creek Metamorphics ìod ìod ìod Permian Au Torino ìod Creek Creek ðmgYNAY PHANEROZOIC ROAD CAREY åWO-ss Glenburgh ìod åod BoornamullaDardoo 7000 HIGH CLIFF SANDSTONE: fine-grained quartz sandstone, subordinate interbeds of 2002Ê1974 Ma ìDA-mg Metagranite and granitic gneiss Towrana Creek Daurie ìod ìMO-g Fleury ROAD ìod ñmgYNAY åWO-ss Undivided; fine- to coarse-grained sandstone, siltstone, and minor granule to pebble conglomerate SOUTHERN CARNARVON BASIN åhi-st ROAD Creek ìod Supersuite Creek Creek æZxs-kCV ñmgsY coarse-grained sandstone, conglomerate, and shale Dalgaringa ñmtqYNA zq Errabiddy ìMW-od ñgY Glenburgh Terrane Creek zq ROAD PIMBEE Helen Hill ìod PALEOZOIC Wooramel Group ìod zq DOWNS ìDA-mg Wahroonga Pimbee CALLYTHARRA FORMATION: fossiliferous, calcareous siltstone to calcisiltite; interbedded, hard PERTH BASIN 2240Ê2125 Ma ìMGxmh-mk Psammitic and pelitic schist; calc-silicate rock; minor quartzite, marble, amphibolites, and ultramafic schist 25^30' ìMGxmh-mk åBYL-sf ñgY ìod 25^30' Koolyin Hills ìod ñmgYNAY åca-kt åho-sh HOLMWOOD SHALE: grey shale, well-bedded clayey siltstone, interbedded limestone Moogie æåLY-sepg ìMO-g fossiliferous calcarenite îâ75 PIMBEE MOUNT ERONG Beedarry D ìod ìod Metamorphics A RO ìMO-g åod ñwa-mgmn ROAD ROAD ìod æZxs-kCV ìod ìod îâ75 HALFWAY GNEISS: interlayered leucocratic and mesocratic granitic gneiss, pale-grey granitic gneiss and foliated metagranite, åod Undivided; diamictite, sandstone and siltstone (locally calcareous), shale, and boulder beds and lags; 2555Ê2429 Ma ðha-mgn Creek and gneissic to foliated porphyritic metagranodiorite G ìod Erong Springs Weedarra æåLY-sepg æåna-sepg NANGETTY FORMATION: diamictite, shale (locally varvoid), conglomerate, sandstone ILR åod ìod glacigene O YD Lyons Group ìCHxmd-mk ìod Carboniferous Cardilya ìod åod Coor-De-Wandy Carey Downs åod ñxmgn-gYNA ROAD ñxmro-mwoYNA åod 3352Ê1813 Ma ðmgYNAY Undivided; foliated metagranite Creek ñmgssYNA étu-st TUMBLAGOODA SANDSTONE: sandstone, minor siltstone and granule to pebble conglomerate åca-kt ìod ìcw-s Creek ìod 8000 MEEDO ìod Ordovician ìPO-md ERONG ìod ìod ìDA-mg åod Creek RIVER ROAD 2630Ê2608 Ma ñmgYNAY Metagranitic rock Meedo D åWO-ss ñxmh-miYNA A åod Creek Narryer Terrane O Warra Coondle zq Quartz vein or pod; massive, crystalline, or brecciated; age uncertain R åod ìcw-s Innouendy Bilung Creek Yalbra Hill ìod WOORAMEL åca-kt OLD INNOUENDYINNOUENDY ROAD ñmiYNA åod ìod Yarlaweelor Gneiss Complex, CALLYTHARRA Coor-De-Wandy Hill ROAD WARRIGAL GNEISS: foliated to gneissic, even-textured to sparsely porphyritic metamonzogranite; locally contains sheets and Creek Warringa ðmgYNAY ñgY Cadjoue 2758Ê2585 Ma ñwa-mgmn 10GA-CP3 pods of amphibolite; cut by c. 1800 Ma pegmatite dykes; deformation is Paleoproterozoic MEEDO æåLY-sepg NORTH Wooramel WOORAMEL åod MOUNT MADELINE îâ50 ROAD ìod Dolerite dyke, sill, or plug; fine- to medium-grained dolerite and gabbro Creek RIVER ìod åod Creek ìBB-g Monzogranite, locally rich in muscovite and biotite; predominantly with equigranular texture and locally K-feldspar porphyritic; Nyarra ìod 2640Ê2600 Ma ñBRG-gm WOORAMEL ROAD îâ50 metamorphosed Terrane Youanmi GILROYD ROAD Mulka Tectonic Event (c. 570 Ma) Bald Rock Wooramel Roadhouse 9000 Supersuite åWO-ss WOORAMEL ñrb-gmp ìod ìod Walganna Suite Madeline CARNARVON- RIVER Callytharra Springs M åod inajibby Dolerite dykes, sills, and small intrusions with locally abundant xenoliths and potassic alteration of Gilroyd RIVER c. 755 Ma â ìMW-od YALBRA wallrocks; includes minor quartz diorite, syenite, tonalite, and biotite monzogranite c. 2620 Ma ñrb-gmp ROCKY BORE GRANITE: porphyritic monzogranite with tabular feldspar phenocrysts; medium grained; metamorphosed åod åBYM-sf YUNDRA Terrane Narryer Darcy Hill ìWK-od ìod McLeod Pyramid ìWK-od åBYL-sf Irrida Hill NEOPROTEROZOIC Gum Carlaweelban Hill Keogh Hill Metamorphosed siliciclastic rock and minor ?mafic volcanic rock; may correlate with Badgeradda Group One ìxmd-mbBA Creek and Nilling Formation 3010Ê2600 Ma ñmnY ñmgsY ñxmgs-mbY åca-kt ìod ìBDe-st Conical Hill ROAD Herald NORTH Creek MULLEWA ñxmgn-gYNA Loop Pindilya Hill ìBDy-sf YARRAWOLYA FORMATION: siltstone and silty sandstone åca-kt MOUNT GOULD 3010Ê2600 Ma ñgY Yaringa áWN-sf Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline MOUNT NAIRN 10000 ìod ROAD ìod ìod ìod Gladstone ñmnY Gneiss, undivided îâ25 åBYL-sf WOODRARRUNG SANDSTONE: medium- to coarse-grained quartzose sandstone, commonly silicified; Bay Crosslands Gas Pipeline ìBDw-st ñmgsY Schistose metagranite; may include amphibolite lenses White Bluff overlain by fine- to medium-grained feldspathic sandstone BADGERADDA BASIN ìod ñxmgs-mbY Foliated metagranitic rock with interleaved minor metamorphosed mafic, ultramafic, and local sedimentary rocks RIVER îâ25 26^00' ROAD ñgY Granitic rock, undivided; metamorphosed BYRO- Earlier Hill Yarra 26^00' 9000 Badgeradda Group Fe,Mag ARCHEAN 10000 Yarra ñgY Byro E ìod Jack Hills BERINGARRA- ìBDe-st ERRABIDDY FORMATION: feldspathic sandstone; minor pebble conglomerate lenses ìod ERONG ROAD Ni,Cu,Au,Pt,Pd,Cr BYRO 2000 Mt Matthew 3131Ê2700 Ma ñmuYYO ñsYYO ñbYYO Woodleigh Ballythunna Hill Beringarra Woodleigh Meteorite Crater 11GA-SC1 Ballythunna WOODLEIGH ñxmh-miYNA ñxmh-miYNA Yaringa No. 1 MURCHISON 2000 BERINGARRA- ñxmgn-gYNA MOUNT MATTHEW 7000 ìod Edmundian Orogeny (1030Ê955 Ma ä) K,Salt Murray Peak 8000 Byro ìod Matthew Ridge ñmuYYO Meta-ultramafic rock, undivided; includes talcÊchlorite(Êcarbonate) and tremoliteÊchlorite schist YILGARN CRATON YALARDY MOUNT REBECCA Tathire Creek Milly Milly ìod Fe RD Youanmi Terrane ROAD æåLY-sepg BERINGARRA- ñsYYO Clastic sedimentary rock dominant; metamorphosed ìod ñxmh-miYNA Brindal Yalardy ROAD c. 1070 Ma å ìWK-od Dolerite sill or plug; fine- to medium-grained dolerite and gabbro ñbYYO Mafic volcanic rock dominant; metamorphosed ñmuYYO WEST Fe1 WARAKURNA Supersuite LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE 11000 ñxmgn-gYNA Meegea Hill YADDEMOOGA HILL Warakurna Fe,Mag ñmnYNA PROTEROZOIC BERINGARRA 10GA-YU1 5000 ìod ñmwaYNA 3100Ê2700 Ma ñxmh-miYNA ñmtqYNAñmiYNA ñxmro-mwoYNA ñmwaYNA Hamelin ñgY CUE ROAD R ìod Dallah ROAD Pool O ìod Fe c. 1210 Ma è ìMMU-od Dolerite and gabbro dykes A ñbYYO Dead Goat Hill Central WOODLEIGH D - Creek Dead Goat ñgY ìWK-od PROVINCE Muljajingle Peak Creek Dead Goat Hill West Supersuite Old Woodleigh BYRO Hill East 6000 Marnda Moorn 3000 Erawondoo Hill 3000 Muggamurra Dolerite Suite LARGE IGNEOUS 3730Ê2600 Ma ñmnYNA ñmgssYNA ñxmgn-gYNA ñxmgn-mbYNA Coolyun Hill ìWK-od ñxmgn-mbYNA MARNDA MOORN îâ00 CARBLA ROAD 12000 Mutherbukin Tectonic Event (1385Ê1200 Ma) BYRO- WOODLEIGH åBYL-sf ñgY 4000 TALISKER ñgY Noonie Hill Carbla ñbYYO PINDAR 14000 MESOPROTEROZOIC æåLY-sepg ROAD 13000 k îâ00 Stromatolitic and non-stromatolitic dolostone, dolomitic siltstone, sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate. ñxmh-miYNA Psammitic