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MAIN TECTONIC UNITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ABORIGINAL LAND, CONSERVATION AREAS,
Age (Ma) 0 PHANEROZOIC SOUTHERN BONAPARTE NEOPROTEROZOIC BASIN MINERAL AND PETROLEUM TITLES, AND GEOLOGY 1000 MESOPROTEROZOIC
KIMBERLEY BASIN 2000 PALEOPROTEROZOIC BASTION BASIN 12° 12° Sedimentaryvolcanic and rocks WOLFE CREEK Western Australia — 2010 BASIN H 3000 O T I M O R S E A Igneous and metamorphic rocks ARCHEAN O VICTORIA RIVER P Moun t House ER BASIN C Group O SIN OSMOND BASIN M A X P B E LE AH L X SP E EW P RED ROCK and Granite–greenstones M 4000 O TEXAS DOWNS BASINS C O O ORD B M CROWHURST BASIN A BASIN Compiled by IM Tyler and RM Hocking 1999–2006, L based on JS Myers and RM Hocking 1998, WOLFE CREEK LOUISA BASIN BASIN Geological map of Western Australia 1 : 2 500 000 (13th edition); BIRRINDUDU and RM Hocking 1994, GSWA Record 1994/4 WOLFE CREEK BASIN BASIN
GRANITE– TANAMI OROGEN PILBARA CANNING BASIN YENEENA CRATON BASIN Redcliff Pound Group
ASHBURTON p R ARUNTA BASIN HAMERSLEY BASIN u UD ro CO AL G M L OROGEN e P s LE e X A n SH a B g EDMUND UR BRESNAHAN n TON a BA BASIN M BASIN SIN Sylvania Inlier OFFICER BASIN
G A C ED S O M C L U 14° O L ND AMADEUS Y IE B N COLLIER R AS BASIN E B IN 14° PR BASIN A S SOUTHERN CARNARVON OV EDMUND BASIN IN INC BASIN E Salvation Group er a Inli rymi Ma Scorpion GASCOYNE Group PROVINCE Lawley River Narryer Terrane EARAHEEDY BASIN YERRIDA BASIN MUSGRAVE PROVINCE Badgeradda Mitchell BRYAH and PADBURY NP Group BASINS ICER River NP FF BA O S GUNBARREL BASIN IN Laterite Drysdale CP River NP NORTHAMPTON Murchison Domain Ord River COMPLEX I N D I A N O C E A N NR Youanmi Terrane Prince Eastern Goldfields Superterrane Parry MULLINGARRA Regent COMPLEX WYNDHAM ! Lagoons Yandanooka Moora YILGARN CRATON NR Group Group NR Southern Cross Domain PERTH BASIN EUCLA BASIN ! Woodline Formation KUNUNURRA X E L P M CO 16° 16° South West Terrane Y X A E Kimberley L W P H M IG O H C Charnley River* P P P U U N L PERTH A A IR N Mount Barren B R BASIN O Group N LEEUWIN Stirling Range COMPLEX Formation D A ANUP O BIR COMPLEX King Leopold Ranges CP R NORNALUP COMPLEX N
A N C R N 0500km E U H T D R O 1:10 million Coulomb N DERBY Point NR !
Windjana Gorge Purnululu T NP EA GR National Devonian Reef CP Park GREAT BROOME ! NO RTH ERN Geikie Gorge NP ! 18° FITZROY CROSSING 18° HALLS CREEK !
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K 22° TOC Age (Ma) S NP CP Nanutarra*
0 Alluvial, shoreline, and eolian deposits CANNING 5 Marine limestone, sandstone, and continental valley-fill deposits Rudall River NP 100
H N Marine and continental sedimentary rocks T R O Marine and continental sedimentary rocks N Karijini R
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N Granite and gneiss Granite Metavolcanic rocks Sandstone and ultrabasic Basic rocks intrusive Metasedimentary rocks PROTEROZOIC Basalt
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Sandstone and and shale Sandstone + Basalt Granite and gneiss Granite Middalya E Metasedimentary rocks Metasedimentary
Metamorphosed volcanic rocks intrusive basic and T + U Williambury O 24° R 24° Mount Augustus NP Collier Range NP Mardathuna+ Pt Minnie Creek+ Mt Kennedy Range NP Phillip* Cobra* +
3000 Iron formation and shale Lyons River Mooka+ Waldburg*
ARCHEAN Dalgety Granite and gneiss Granite Metamorphosed sedimentary Metamorphosed rocks and acid volcanic Downs*
Basalt, dacite, and sandstone dacite, Basalt, + Metamorphosed basic and ultrabasic basic Metamorphosed rocks and intrusive volcanic Bidgemia Gibson Desert NR ! K CARNARVON OC ST 3700 Jimba Jimba+
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N W G O N Established conservation estate (including H I R N Shark Bay G T I N national park, nature reserve, conservation H H A C park, state forest, and timber reserve) W Pimbee* E S T Proposed conservation reserves (preliminary Francois C Earaheedy* O Doolgunna* A boundaries – may exclude advance resource S T Peron A projects) L RN HE NP RT NO Mooloogool* Established Aboriginal land
H Lorna Glen* I G H W T Shark Bay A 26° A E Y R 26° Established marine park, marine nature reserve, W. H. A. G marine management area S D HIGHWAY FIEL LD GO MEEKATHARRA ! ! WILUNA Proposed marine park, marine conservation reserve Zuytdorp NR Muggon* World Heritage Areas (W.H.A.) Shark Bay and Purnululu Toolonga Wooleen* NR Established National Heritage List area De La Poer Range NR Shark Bay Wanjarri NR
Proposed National Heritage List area Kimberley Kalbarri Great Western Woodland NP
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A Y Kalbarri NP National park Goongarrie NP NR Great Victoria Desert NR
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NP Mount Manning Queen Victoria O 30° Dwellingup SF State forest
Range NR Spring NR S Randell TR Timber reserve
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Nambung NP N Barnong Former pastoral lease D ! KALGOORLIE–BOULDER Wongan Hills NR Goldfields Proposed conservation parks (non-class A) endorsed by Woodlands Majestic TR Cobra* the State Government, 17 September 2007 AY Fowler W H NP H Kangaroo Hills TR I IG + Proposed additions to Kennedy Range National Park G H H Gully Mooka W Randell TR endorsed by the State Government, 17 September 2007 A Y G ERN NR REAT EAST Julimar SF Kambalda TR Boorabbin NP
GR HWAY Yanchep NP EAT STERN HIG ! EA NORTHAM I N D I A N Jilbadji EUCLA NR ! Nuytsland NR WAY ! E EYRE HIGH PERTH YRE Wandoo SF Eucla NP G HI R ! GH E W B A NORSEMAN A R T Y OO KT 32° ON A L AY 32° B HW Lake A HIG N Y Cronin NR Peak Dundas NR H IG Dwellingup H S O Frank W Charles A U SF Y T H
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Magenta H IG H SOUTH W NR A AY Y CO HW AST HIG DATA DIRECTORY ESPERANCE AY Leeuwin – Wilga SF HW ! Theme Data Source Data Currency Agency HIG Naturaliste Geology GSWA 1998 Dept of Mines and Petroleum AL BANY Cape Le Established conservation estate DEC Oct 2009 Dept of Environment and Conservation NP Stirling Range Fitzgerald River NP Prosposed conservation reserve DEC Dec 2009 Dept of Environment and Conservation Grand NP
National Park T S Established Aboriginal Land DIA Dec 2008 Dept of Indigenous Affairs A 34° O The Extraordinary Nature of C Great Western Woodland 2008 The Wilderness Society of WA Inc 34° The Great Western Woodlands Mineral title TENGRAPH* Apr 2010 Dept of Mines and Petroleum SCALE 1:2 500 000 Dept of the Environment, Water, Dept of the Environment, Water, 0100200300 National Heritage List area Mar 2010 UTH Heritage, and the Arts Heritage, and the Arts SO
H Porongurup Petroleum title Apr 2010 Dept of Mines and Petroleum I kilometres TENGRAPH* G H W Ranges World Heritage Area DEC July 2009 Dept of Environment and Conservation D'Entrecasteaux A Y ALBERS EQUAL AREA PROJECTION WITH CENTRAL MERIDIAN 121°00' AND STANDARD PARALLELS 17°30' AND 31°30' Topography Landgate Landgate 2010 NP HORIZONTAL DATUM: GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA 1994 (GDA 94) * GSWA and DMP databases can be viewed online (www.dmp.wa.gov.au/geoview) or can be downloaded from the GSWA Data and Software Centre (www.dmp.wa.gov.au/datacentre) ! Shannon ALBANY S O U T H E R N O C E A N Compiled by Geological Survey of Western Australia 2010 NP RESOURCE POTENTIAL FOR LAND USE PLANNING Edited by S Martin Mount Frankland Cartography by S Mulligan and I Lesiak NP Published by the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Digital and hard copies ABORIGINAL LAND, CONSERVATION AREAS, of this map are available from the Information Centre, Department of Mines and Petroleum, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA, 6004. Phone (08) 9222 3459, Fax (08) 9222 3444 MINERAL AND PETROLEUM TITLES, AND GEOLOGY Website www.dmp.wa.gov.au Email: [email protected] The recommended reference for this map is: WESTERN AUSTRALIA — 2010 Geological Survey of Western Australia 2010, Aboriginal land,conservation areas, mineral and petroleum titles, and geology, Western Australia — 2010: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Resource potential for land use planning (1: 2 500 000 scale). © Western Australia April 2010
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