50 120` 51 126`52 132` 53 138` 54 144` 55 150` 8` 8` TO TIMOR SEA RRES STRAIT NORTH KIMBERLEY FIELD 114` MERLIN FIELD MERLIN FIELD Fohn 1 TORRES STRAIT SC Emu 1, 2 Gareth, Kay Bedevere Ector Ywain, Tristram, Gawain ARNHEM Palomides, Sacramore, Maningrida Launfal, Excalibur SC Milingimbi Nhulunbuy DARWIN Weipa PINE CREEK 12` 12` AustralianAustralian DiamondDiamond Deposits,Deposits, Joseph Daly RIver Pine Creek Stow 1 Mining operations at Ellendale, West Kimberley, W.A. Bonaparte (Photo courtesy of Kimberley Diamond Company NL). Kimberlites,Kimberlites, andand RelatedRelated RocksRocks Gulf LITCHFIELD McARTHUR Numbulwar COR Katherine AL Gulf Ashmore Piipes SEA Scale 1:5000000 Ngukurr Seppellt Piipes Roper Kimberley of 0 90 180 270 360 450 Kilometers North K COEN LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION Carpenteria SD Central Meridian : 134`E Stand Parallels : 18`S, 36`S Timber Creek Kowanyama SD Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 Wyndham KIMBERLEY Kununurra Cooktown VICTORIA RIVER Argyle Mine Abner Range Emu Bow River Alluvials Maude Creek Kim 6, 14, 13 Ellendale 17 Napier 2, 3 ke Creek Merlin Mossman Carpenter Gap Ariies Smoke El 26 17, 12, 16 Kim 3 El 427BW, 27BE Palomides Gareth El 25 El 18, 18b Napier 1 ips Range HALLS Sacramore Launfal North CAIRNS Mt North Phillip Launfal El 41, 42, 43 El 19 Ellendale 46 CREEK Cairns Prima 3 KING LEOPOLD Elliott Prima 2 berley Karumba 16` El 44, 24 5 El 40 Kimberley 21, 23, El 36 East Kimb MURPHY 16` 27 El 21, 21A Atherton El 37 Kim 10 El 16 Derby pring Coanjula Burketown Normanton 4 El 9 Ellendale 39 Big Sp 9 Kim 25 El 8 Ellendale 9 Kim 7, 8 El 22 11 El 13 Kimberley 29, 19 Kimberley 28, 34, El 11 Diamonds from Ellendale 9, West Kimberley, W.A. El 23 El 34 Prima 1 Ellendale 4 Lennard Shelf Eastern L SOUTH NICHOLSON Mt Surpriise (Photo courtesy of Kimberley Diamond Company NL). El 15, 15A Kim 24 El 10, Kim 31, 36 e Broome lley Halls Creek Tully El 14, 14A Kim 30 El 33 Mt Percy Ferdies Well Fitzroy Val Fitzroy Crossing El 3 El 32, 45 El 2(W), 2(E), 2(SE) dah El 35, 12, Kim 22 Calwynyarda Georgetown El 31W), 31(E) El 17 Mt Noreen 81 Mile Vent (Ellendale 5) M WINNECKE Kimberley 1, 2 scar Range Kimberley 15 Ellendale 6 Os TENNANT CREEK Ingham Ellendale 4, 4A anbah GEORGETOWN Kimberley 27 Noonka NONGRA Water Reserve, Ellendale 38 N O R T H E R N T E R R I T O R Y Sill A, Pipe Kimberley 20 Tennant Creek Cummins Range CLARKE SE RIVER Townsville SE ELLENDALE FIELD Camooweal CHARTERS TANAMI Ayr MT ISA TOWERS DAVENPORT Mount Isa Cloncurry Julia Creek Bowen BIRRINDUDU Shay Gap Hughenden Port Hedland DRUMMOND PILBARA 20` 20` k ARUNTA n Creek Mackay Brockma Yuendumu 2 w Yanyare Shaw ANAKIE p 1 ,,2 lagine Bllacktop Nulla Winton Mud Tank Boulia Onslow Wittenoom PATERSON PROSERPINE Papunya Mordor Exmouth HAMERSLEY Alice Springs Longreach McDonald SF SF Barcaldine Anakie ASHBURTON ange Barlee Ra BOWEN SYLVANIA SAVORY Docker River Q U Blackall Gladstone rd Creek I A E E N Giffor BRESNAHAN A L S L agee T R S T R A N D Wand A U S A U A L I Yulara A BANGEMALL N Tambo T E R W E S GASCOYNE Nabberu Windorah 24` 24` MARYMIA Birdsville Bundaberg Jewill Carnarvon Warburton NABBERU Bulljah MUSGRAVE Taroom Charleville Quilpie lrose Miilllr Mitchell Prostton Oodnadatta Chinchilla Kingaroy SG SG Maroochydore 1 Cunnamulla BRISBANE Edell 1 Coober Pedy S O U T H A U S T R A L I Mt Welld A Dirranbandi Goondiwindi Warwick Leonora Turkey 01 Marree Tiboo Mt 28` ell Lakes MT PAINTER oburra t Brown 28` She n NORTHAMPTON Geraldton Ballina Bokh hara River Moree Leigh Creek South Bourke Dongara Brewarrina Cook Kayr Bing YILGARN undeelee) runerra Walgett gara ton Creek (Cu Pont Deakin Grafton Bingara Copeton GAWLER Narrabri Kalgoorlie-Boulder Rawlinna Woomera NEW ENGLAND Dalwallinu Byrock N Coffs Harbour NDIA Jurien Coolgardie I Coonamble Moora Kambalda Eucla STUART Wilcannia Cobar SH Southern Cross BROKEN HILL Coonabarabran W SH Madura Broken Hill Tamw orth alcha Ceduna Kempsey Springfield Basin N E W Goomalling S El Alamein Quorn Radiu O U Gilgandra in Orror ium Hiillll T H orseman rorro W A Port Macquarie Northam N Port Augusta Menindee L Norseman Walloway E S Balladonia York Calcutteroo Nackara PERTH Peterborough a Gl Whyalla Bangor Cud loucest Pi dgegong ter Corrigin lian Bight Kimba Pitcaiirn g Scone Great Austra Port Pirie Ivanhoe Forster-Tuncurry Pine Wellingt Wonna e Creek ton Pingelly Elliston Cleve Hogback Cleve ADELAIDE Maitland 32` Lake Grace FRASER Clare LACHLAN Ca 32` Robertstown pertee Wagin Ravensthorpe Renmark Esperance Wa Mildura C Bunbury aikerie Cobar SYDNEY Port Lincoln West Wyalong Aberc Katanning Angaston crombie SYDNEY TASM Truro AN Hay Busselton Balranald LEEUWIN ADELAIDE AN Margaret River Diamond deposits OCE Manjimup Echunga Ouyen Wollongong Mount Barker PIPE Wagga Wagga Mine - operating Swan Hill Jugiong Albany ALBANY Kingscote Mine - undeveloped Deniliquin Tumut CANBERRA SI SI Ulladulla M ALLUVIAL KANMANTOO Murray Basin SEA Mine - operating Bordertown A.C.T. Nhill Batemans Bay Echuca Mine - closed Horsh Cosgrov Horsham ham ve Beechwo Cooma Mine - historic Naracoorte Bendigo Benalla rth Narooma Occurrence B Bega V I C T O R I A Bombala Deleg Intrusions Millicent gate World Natural Diamond Production 2004 (M carat) Eden Mount Gambier 36` Mere 36` RECENT Alkali basalt Hamilton redith Others, 4.0, 3% MELBOURNE Australia, 20.7, 13% TERTIARY Alkali basalt Botswana, 31.1, 20% B Portland Bullenmerri Geelong Namibia, 2.0, 1% Lamproite Warrnambool Compiled by: A.L. Jaques MIOCENE Cartography by: G.A. Young Leucitite Wonthaggi Commonwealth of Australia, 2005 Congo (DRC), 29.0, 19% Russia, 35.0, 22% Alkali basalt This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealings for the purposes of study, GIPPSLAND research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part Diamonds from the Argyle mine, MESOZOIC Kimberlite may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Inquiries East Kimberley, W.A. should be directed to the Communications Unit, Geoscience Australia, GPO Lamprophyre Angola, 7.5, 5% Box 378, Canberra City, ACT, 2601. (Photo courtesy of Argyle Diamonds). Total: 156M carats Canada, 12.6, 8% SJ Lamproite South Africa, 14.2, 9% BA Geoscience Australia has tried to make the information in this product as SJ SS STRAIT accurate as possible. However, it does not guarantee that the information is totally accurate or complete. THEREFORE YOU SHOULD NOT RELY SOLELY Alkali basalt ON THIS INFORMATION WHEN MAKING A COMMERCIAL DECISION. JURASSIC Kimberlite Published by Geoscience Australia, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Lamprophyre Canberra, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. ROCKY CAPE PERMIAN Alkali basalt Copies of this map can be obtained from: World Natural Diamond Production 2004 ($US million) Wynyard Sales Centre, Geoscience Australia DEVONIAN Kimberlite NORTH EAST TASMANIA GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT, 2601 Ph (02) 6249 9519, Fax (02) 6249 9982 Lamprophyre ORDOVICIAN Launceston 40` Australia, $343, 3% Others, $613, 5% T A S M A N I A 40` Carbonatite The magnetic image was derived from the Magnetic Anomaly Map of Australia grid Namibia, $698, 6% Botswana, $2,9403, 25% (Milligan, P.R., and Franklin, R., 2004. Magnetic Anomaly Map of Australia, Fourth Edition, 1:5 000 000 scale map, Geoscience Australia; Canberra). NEOPROTEROZOIC Kimberlite Congo (DRC), $790, 7% It is a grey-scale total magnetic intensity image of Australia enhanced using Oaklan a sun angle illumination from the northeast. The permission of the Northern Lamprophyre nds Territory Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Alkali basalt Angola, $1,300, 11% Russia, $1,989, 17% DUNDAS HOBART Australia, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources Tasmania, Kimberlite Department of Primary Industries Victoria, and Department of Industry and Resources Western Australia for the incorporation of their data in the magnetic Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamond mine in the East Kimberley region of W.A. image is gratefully acknowledged. The image has been overlain by major geological Lamproite has produced approximately 20% of the world’s supply of natural diamonds MESOPROTEROZOIC regions, labelled in brown text, to assist with positional context of deposit South Africa, $1,458, 12% since 1996 when mining at the Argyle AK1 pipe commenced. Total: US$11.8 billion localities. The actual geological regions extents are presently under review by Lamprophyre Canada, $1,646, 14% Geoscience Australia and state authorities. Insets show individual locations (Photo courtesy of Argyle Diamonds). TYENNA overlain on a colour image of the total magnetic intensity. SK Carbonatite SK Locational and other information for the diamond deposits and kimberlites, lamproites, ultramafic lampropyhyres and garnet-peridotite facies alkali basalts PALAEOPROTEROZOIC Kimberlite is taken from published information, and unpublished information generously provided Others: Ghana, Brazil, Central African Republic, by Rio Tinto Ltd (formerly CRA Exploration Pty Ltd), De Beers Australia Exploration Lamprophyre Sierra Leone, Guinea, Tanzania Ltd, North Australian Diamonds Ltd (formerly Striker Resources NL), Kimberley Diamond Company NL, Flinders Diamonds Ltd, Gravity Diamonds Ltd, and United Kimberley ARCHAEAN Lamprophyre Source: Diamond Facts 2005, World Diamond Industry Report, Diamonds Ltd, data from the WA DOIR Minedex website, the NTGS Modat Government of the North West Territories, Canada. database (preliminary first edition 1999), and the Queensland Department of Note: Alkali basalt locations are restricted to those where Natural Resources and Mines. http://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/diamond/diamond_facts2005.htm garnet-peridotite xenoliths or xenocrysts have been It is recommended that this map be referred to as: reported in the literature Jaques, A.