Basic Raw Materials, Green Head

Basic Raw Materials, Green Head

Geraldton 56 km Mullewa 80 km $ $ MOUNT 2 115° 3 MINGENEW-MORAWA115°30' RD 3 BUDD 4 80 20 60 ! 00 24 18.8 150 0 0 12.8 45 6 16 2 31 20.4 10 3.9 21 19.8 Yongaloo MINGENEW – MORAWA350 Sd 21 Gvl 6 14.6 Gvl 150 ROAD 7.6 Woodside Gvl Gvl 9.1 42.6 48 MIDLANDS MINGENEW 11.2 19.8Y A R D A R I N O F L A T 78 LOCKIER RIVER ROAD 26.5 45.7 ! 150 13.7 3 Eyregulla Springs 14.3 17.3 56 WEST MORAWA HILL 20.4 5.1 JONES ROAD Surficial materials Hard rocks 50 19 8.2 16 10 BROWNING RD MELARA ROAD TABLETOP ROAD TABLETOP CATTO ROAD 42 IRWIN 8.2 6.4 Green Brook 250 54 18.4 18 3 Sedimentary rocks 0 0 13 8.3 Gvl 10.3 2 Bonniefield 12.8 12.6 6 Gvl 9.1 350 Ferricrete Lst Cy STRAWBERRY HILL ! Ikewa 7.4 53.9 32 21.3 Irwin House 12.1 10.9 12.1 46.3 Santa Fe 200 HEALEY ROAD 27.4 15.2 I K E W A H R A N G E SHIRE OF MORAWA JAMES ROAD Ferricrete is ubiquitous in the southern part of the area, but is also found in isolated patches up to 50 km Chert 13.7 150 150 north of Eneabba. The material forms as small, widely separated outcrops of residual, reddish brown, 9.1 18.9 10.9 15.4 Gvl YANDANOOKA 7.9 11.8 Lst 24.3 Mooryary hard, rubbly, pisolitic or massive lateritic duricrust on hill crests and summit surfaces. It is generally up Chert outcrops in an area 25 km north of Three Springs, around and south of Carnamah. It represents 14.9 Lst 6.1 30.4 14.9 13.3 MILO ROADIRWIN to 3 m in thickness. Five active gravel pits are situated up to 50 km south and one 39 km north of Eneabba. silicified dolomite, sandstone and other sedimentary rocks. Silicification took place soon after deposition. Lsd Lst ROAD MOORIARY Lsd 100 ! MULLINGARRA HILL 11.8 12.6 WICK ROAD ROAD – EAST NORTH MORAWA – YANDANOOKA ROAD The chert is varicoloured, ranging from white to grey and red and brown. It is commonly laminated and DONGARA RIVER YONGARLOO ROAD A further 53 inactive gravel pits occur, mainly in the southern part of the area. 31 ROAD YAMMAPOOL 300 10.3 24.3 8.8 100 brecciated. A small inactive sand pit is found 27 km north of Three Springs. 21.9 5.5 NEATES Particle size distribution Lsd 27 Gvl ROAD OLDTHREE SPRINGS ROAD VALENTINE ROAD 67 ARURINE BAY Ferricrete 60 5.4 Willow Green 100 South Mooryary Sand Springs Leander Point Lsd 50 Sandstone Lsd 90 67 2.4 9.9 50 WILLIS ROAD 60 PORT DENISON YANDANOOKA Sandstone outcrops 20 km northeast and east of Jurien Bay and in a north-trending belt in the central 0 5 100 Shady Grove 80 SHIRE OF MINGENEW Sd 6760 part of the area. In both areas the sandstone is variegated, fine to coarse grained and feldspathic, 3.1 10 Lsd Avoca 70 with some siltstones and shales, and is overlain by residual, thin sandy silts and gravels. Active MINGENEW SOUTH ROAD 0 0 Lst North Bundaleer Gvl 3 Bellendaine AS max sand pits, obtaining material from the weathered sandstone, are located 15 km east of Jurien Bay, KAILIS Lst 60 AS min g and 16 km northeast and 40 km north-northeast of Eneabba. Four inactive sand and gravel pits are n mean +1 SD DRIVE i PYE ROAD ! YANDANOOKA MOUNT CAMPBELL s present in the same areas. Gvl s 50 0 5 ! 2 mean Bellardoo MOUNT LEFROY ! a Lsd GRANITE HILL ROAD P mean -1 SD Sd Yuwarana % Bundaleer 40 0 0 2 Gvl (8 samples) Sandstone, minor conglomerate Belleranga 30 Lsd 2.2 Gvl ROAD COLGATE SPRINGS 24 YANDANOOKA WEST ROAD ! ! MOUNT SCRATCH OXLEY HILL Sandstone outcrops east of Mingenew and north of Three Springs. Lithologies include well-bedded and SCOTT ROAD SCOTT 20 15.4 20.5 BLIGH ROAD cross-laminated quartz and feldspathic sandstone, pebbly sandstone, and conglomerate. Clasts in the Lst Lst Mt Adams SHEPPARD ROAD Tipparra Sd pebble beds are predominantly of volcanic origin. In places, well-laminated and massive siltstone is ! 10 Sd MOUNT ADAMS Arena common. This material has not been worked. Gvl FINLAYSON HILL ! MORAWA – THREE 0 Sd MOUNT MUGGAWA ! 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 Sand Plain Creek Size (mm) AS — Australian Standard AS 2758.1 - 1998: 17.9 Sd CAREY ROAD 300 Aggregates and rock for engineering purposes: Igneous and metamorphic rocks Mitchell Gvl SHIRE OF PERENJORI Part 1: Concrete aggregates Sd 10 SCOTT ROAD 2.1 3.3 White Point 3.5 Sd Granite 12 Noalimba 12 12 Gvl Limesand 2.9 Gvl MOUNT ADAMS ROAD ROAD 2 9.8 SIMPSON ROAD Granite includes a range of rocks: porphyritic granite, granulite and granite gneiss. They outcrop in the 5.3 3 1.6 Lst Series of long-walled, parabolic and nested parabolic dunes with broad deflation basins composed of northeast part of the area as low hills and domes with boulder-strewn slopes and deeply dissected 2.5 2.4 MALEY ROAD Geebulla Creek 10 pale pinkish grey, fine- to medium-grained quartz sand and shell debris are found along the whole terrain. Granites are generally pink to grey, medium- to coarse-grained, equigranular rocks, although Sd Malkarina 300 DUDAWA ROAD 0 5 2 coastline. These dunes are generally stable with foredunes and frontal dunes susceptible to wave and Lsd Glenvale porphyritic, banded and other textures are common. A single operating quarry occurs 3.5 km southeast 3 210 wind erosion although large areas of blowouts are evident along much of the coast. Thirteen active and of Carnamah. 4 4 27.7 30 MITCHELL 2.1 ROAD NATTA ARRINO WEST ROAD 300 three inactive limesand pits are located in the area, which is an important area for the production of 11.3 11 4.1 18 0 5 7.7 Sd 2 ARRINO HILL ! ROAD PARKWOOD 2.1 2.710 2.5 24 27.8 Sd agricultural lime. Most pits are located within 20 km of Dongara and between Leeman and Jurien Bay. 10 18 Nari Plains For all deposits, the groundwater table is generally less than 10 m below the ground surface. 3.2 3.9 ARRINO Gvl LYNCH ROAD BROAD ROAD Lst ROAD McNEIL Carramar Gvl 3.3 SHIRE OF IRWIN ARROWSMITH BASTIAN ROAD Limestone Sd BATEMAN ROAD Lst TOMKINS ROAD Gvl Gvl Gvl RIVER SUNSET ROAD Wanneranooka Fairfield Gvl Low hills and rises of deflated transgressive barrier, parabolic and long-walled, parabolic dunes extend Yarimbah Eraramba Farms Quarries and pits Tenure for basic raw material 300 0 0 Lst 2 in a broadly continuous belt parallel to, and immediately inland of, the coast. The limestone is a pale WOMARDAN HILL ! yellowish brown calcarenite and calcareous sandstone containing quartz and shell debris and is variably Active SHIRE OF THREE SPRINGS Sandasea 250 lithified. A relatively thin, strong calcrete caprock overlies the limestone. Five active limestone pits are Mining lease, live (Mining Act 1978) Arramall Inactive Lst York Park McKENZIE ROAD concentrated in the areas around Dongara and Jurien Bay. A further 32 inactive pits are located throughout the whole coastal belt. Proposed 29°30' HYDRAULIC ROAD Prospecting Licence, live (Mining Act 1978) SUNDALARA ROAD SUNDALARA Sd 29°30' WEIR ROAD PADBURY ROAD PADBURY Agg Aggregate 21.2 Lst Sd PERENJORI – THREE SPRINGS ROAD Lst 35 ROAD Sand and Gravel YANDANOOKA Cy Clay 0 15 5 Gvl Extractive industry licence, live (Planning and Development Act 2005) 2.3 HILL ! Binderrie 19.5 LOVEGROVE ROAD 250 ARRINO SOUTH ROAD Sd Gvl Gravel 20 20.9 Alluvial sand and gravel GLYNN NEBRU ROAD Parakalia Lst 29.2 THREE SPRINGS ARROWSMITH Lsd Limesand Crown reserve for basic raw materials Gvl Alluvial plains, floodplains and river terraces are subject to regular flooding from multiple watercourses 0 LAKE 5 Yandavale Lst Limestone 8 Sd of the major rivers — Irwin, Arrowsmith, and Hill River — and from the many creeks in the Eneabba area. Lst 20.2 The floodplains and lower terraces comprise firm, red and reddish brown sands and silty sands grading Boreholes BRAND HIGHWAY39 Sd Sand to clay at depth. Upper terraces and flats comprise soft to hardsetting, yellowish brown to greyish brown 23 Gvl INERING ROAD Showing depth to groundwater, in metres Passchendeele silty sands over sandy clays. No active pits are known, but 27 inactive sand and gravel pits are present, mostly in the Eneabba area. Thicknesses of material are generally less than 2 m. Groundwater is Analyses 6 Showing thickness of surficial material, in metres Sd INERING HILL ! 300 generally close to the ground surface. Sd Gvl Mooladarra SWEETMAN ROAD Limesand Lst ROAD NORTH BOUNDARY Homestead Sd 1.8 Gvl JACKSON RD 0 5 Colluvial sand and gravel 12.1 Acid insoluble CORREY ROAD DOG HOLE ROAD CaCO 40.3 3 residue Highway, with national route marker 16.6 29.8 Arawa SPRINGS ROAD Colluvial material principally forms in two areas. North of Eneabba the gently undulating slopes of the 25.3 Bareena Sd 300 ROAD ! 0 5 1.5 Boorambee Farms 3.6 ONE TREE HILL 2 Arrowsmith region have a cover of brown to greyish brown quartz sand over pale yellow sands and 32.3 ROBB ROAD 3 Gvl Major road 23.4 2.4 50 5.4 Donkey CARON ROAD gravelly sands.

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