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Gilmore Sharpe LORT RIVER JERDACUTTUP OLDFIELD MUNGLINUP RIVER RIVER Lake Gore Pink Lake Fanny Cove Sandy Bight Rossiter Bay Twilight Lake Harms Lake DUNDAS LAKE LAKE JOHNSTON Lake Hope Lake Jerdacuttup Lakes R Pyramid Lake Margaret Cove Stokes Inlet G R E A T A U S T R A L I A N B I G H T Esperance Bay 3000 3000 3000 2000 2000 2000 4000 1000 1000 1000 200 200 200 2000 Arid Strait Culham Inlet LAKE COWAN Lake Kirk Barker Inlet YOUNG RIVER DALYUP R Cowalinya Pool Toolinna Cove Cove Oldfield R R Young Lort R Causeway Channel S O U T H E R N O C E A N S O U T H E R N O C E A N O C E A N S O U T H E R N Lake Mends Israelite Bay S O U T H E R N O C E A N Jerdacuttup R Dalyup R Lake Tay Lake Halbert Southern Hills NORSEMAN Salmon Gums Gibson Dalyup Munglinup Coomalbidgup Condingup Jerdacuttup Caiguna Point Culver Point Dempster Point Malcolm Shoal Cape Butty Head North Twin Cape Pasley Cheyne Point Mary Ann Point GRAND Cape Arid Point Dover West I Red I Observatory I Charnley I Boxer I Wilson I Hood I Pearson I Draper I Beaumont I Ram I Peak I Termination I A R C H I P E L A G O O F T H E R E C H E R C H E Gulch I Miles I Douglas I Pasley I Round I Bellinger I Rodona I Salisbury I Daw I Point Powell Round I Hammer Head Cooper I ESPERANCE Figure of Eight I Woody I MT LE Grass Patch Scaddan RAVENSTHORPE E Y R E H I G H W A Y BRONZITE RIDGE WYLIE SCARP Westall I Jerramungup 115 km Higginsville 31 km C O O L G A R D I E E S P E R A N C E H I G H W A Y ROUND TOP HILL MT DAY MAGGIE HAYS HILL MT GORDON BURMIESTER HILL MT GLASSE TAMAR HILL PEAK CHARLES PEAK ELEANORA COUJINUP HILL MT THIRSTY MT DEANS WYRALINU HILL MT MALCOLM MT ANDREW SHEOAK HILL MT RIDLEY MT BURDETT MT NEY MT HEYWOOD MT BEAUMONT NIBLICK HILL CLYDE HILL MT MERIVALE MT HAWES SADDLEBACK HILL HOWICK HILL MT BARING CARNICUP HILL MT PASLEY MT ARID MICA HILL MT RAGGED MT DEAN WOLGRAH HILL PINE HILL MT SYMMONS MT BURAMINYA Rays Rock MT COOBANINYA MT WILLGONARINYA Remark I Corbett I Howe I Hope I Tory I Giant Rocks Waterwitch Rocks Bearing Rock Brown Reef Twin Rocks La Perouse Rock Dampier Rock Dalrymple Rock Walker Reef Sulphur Reefs York Rock Recherche Rock Matthew Rock Gardner Rock Penguin Rock Lillian Stokes Rock Dog Rock Georgie Rock Wellstead Rock Lackman Rock Bull Rocks Gilmore Rocks Moir Rock Three Mile Rock McDermid Rock Scamp Rock Knopp Rock Plover Rock Ant Rock Red Roo Rock Alice Rock Taylor Rock Harbutt Rock Disappointment Rock Boojerbeenyer Rock Styles Rock Dingo Rock Kau Rock Tookle-Jenna Rock Ponier Rock Coragina Rock Booanya Rock Charlina Rock Wonberna Rock Boingaring Rocks Afghan Rock Newman Rock Ten Mile Rocks PRICE HILL N U Y T S L A N D N A T U R E R E S E R V E C A P E A R I D P E A K C H A R L E S N A T I O N A L P A R K F R A N K H A N N N A T I O N A L P A R K Stennet Rock Wheeler Rock Esperance Norseman Ravensthorpe BAXTER CLIFFS Mondrain I Middle I ALEXANDER HILL Mukinwobert Rock N A T I O N A L P A R K S T O K E S I N L E T Rock Bald CORAMUP HILL FRASER RANGE THE DIAMONDS HILL N A T I O N A L P A R K D U N D A S N A T U R E R E S E R V E MT ESMOND BROOK PEAK Munglinup Beach N A T I O N A L P A R K C A P E L E G R A N D N U L L A R B O R P L A I N Cocklebiddy 10 km GORA HILL MT NORCOTT JIMBERLANA HILL 399 m 420 m 430 m 441 m Hopetoun 380 m 298 m 345 m Cape Le Grand Sandy Hook I 297 m 271 m 328 m 299 m 276 m 223 m 159 m 226 m 136 m 160 m 203 m 243 m 237 m 233 m 273 m 467 m 594 m 225 m 223 m 252 m 266 m 238 m 250 m 497 m 569 m 415 m 451 m 427 m 651 m 306 m 501 m 357 m 164 m Seal I COOLGARDIE - ESPERANCE HIGHWAY MT BURDETT EYRE RANGE FRASER RANGE R E C H E R C H E A R C H I P E L A G O N A T U R E R E S E R V E 484 m WOOLYEENYER HILL Ellison Rock NORSEMAN Grass Patch EAST MT BARREN Buldania Rocks Investigator I RUSSELL RANGE FITZGERALD NATIONAL PARK EYRE RANGE 1 94 1 1 1 75 75 30 80 80 70 40 30 80 30 70 70 60 85 70 70 70 70 75 80 80 80 80 50 80 70 70 80 57 75 70 80 65 70 50 50 85 75 60 45 55 30 25 60 20 20 80 80 80 50 70 55 80 80 60 20 40 40 70 30 80 50 80 70 65 80 80 75 70 40 40 25 80 50 80 85 57 75 50 60 80 70 81 85 60 70 20 30 25 80 70 52 65 40 85 75 85 50 50 50 60 60 60 30 30 80 80 72 70 70 20 55 85 80 80 60 58 75 39 65 23 30 80 55 70 28 80 10 55 63 65 50 85 5 15 45 40 70 15 40 70 10 80 55 25 70 60 80 80 40 80 75 75 70 70 50 60 60 25 80 35 45 20 35 70 70 73 81 64 26 80 30 85 71 64 60 82 82 85 76 85 60 65 70 60 66 74 80 80 79 74 45 85 70 45 86 76 79 56 65 64 80 78 71 82 82 45 78 75 25 22 45 54 75 56 70 80 15 35 80 70 40 80 55 75 25 28 45 70 70 15 60 65 80 80 75 44 17 15 15 75 30 50 35 80 45 45 60 30 60 60 40 40 50 65 30 30 70 10 80 80 70 23 35 30 45 45 80 80 50 35 70 75 45 40 60 35 20 60 80 86 87 83 15 78 35 85 83 86 80 80 58 84 80 80 65 60 60 85 84 82 83 70 70 63 14 60 20 51 71 77 75 85 84 50 78 82 75 60 27 63 12 40 80 14 35 80 40 27 20 30 16 40 15 42 75 65 22 85 80 65 60 65 70 80 82 80 80 85 85 45 50 75 46 53 80 42 32 16 80 80 72 70 75 60 56 55 80 80 80 35 43 80 40 70 40 70 20 20 52 45 70 45 80 60 80 40 85 70 75 70 10 60 78 16 68 80 75 70 87 ìd 1 ìd 1 69 Pp × Pp × 70 d ìge ñm ñm ñm ñm ñge ñge ñge ñb ñh ñh ñf ñgp ñgp ñgp ñgp ñge d ñge ñge d d ñgp ñgp ñgp ñgp ñm ñgp ñgp ñgp ñm ñgp ñge ñh ñge ñm d ñb ñh ñm ñf ñb ñm ñm ñm ñm ñge ñge ñge ñm ñm ñm ñm ñge ñgp ñgp ñgp ñgp ìgy ìgy ñm ñm d ñm ñge ñge ñge d d ñb ñm ñge d ñm ñge ñge ñb ñge ñge ñgp ñge ñge d d ñgp d ñu ñb ñf ñu ñs ñu ñge ñu ñb ñge ñge ñge ñb ñu ñf ñu ñh ñh ñs ñs ñb ñge ñge ñgp ñu ñh ñs ñb ñge ñu ñh ñge ñs ñf d ñge ìng ìng ñge ìng ñge ñge ñge ñge ñge ñge d d d d ñge ñgp d ñgp ñge ñh ñu ñs ñge ñgp ñgp ñgp ìng ñu ñge ñge ìng ìng ñge ñge ìng ìnp ìng ìne ìno d d ìng ìng ìng ñm ìng ìng ìng ìne ìne ìne ìne ìne ìne ìne ìnc ìng ìge ìnc ìge d ìgp ìgp ìgp ìgp ìgp ìgp ìgm ìgm ìge ìgp ìgm ìgm ìng ìng ìng ìng ìnc ìne ìgp ìnc ìgm ìgp ìgm ìgm ìgm ìgp ìgp ìgm ìgm ìgp ìnp ìnp ìq ìnp ìnp ìne ìne ìne ìne ìne ìne ìne ìno ìno ìnp ìnp ìne ìno ìne ìno ìno ìno ìne ìne ìne ìne ìne ìno ìne ìng ìng ìng ìne ìng ìng ìng ìnp ìnp ìng ìng ìng ìne ìge ìne ìne ìne ìne ìne ìno ìno ìno ìno ìq d ìno ìno ìne ìne ìne ìno ìno ìgp ìgp d d ìge ìnc ìno ìge ìge ìno ìgp ìgp ìgp ìgp ìgp ìgp d ìgp ìgp ìgp ìno ìne ìq ìno ìge ìgp ìno ìno ìno ìnm ìnm ìnm ìge ìgp ìne ìgp ìgp ìgp ìgp d ìno ìgp ìgp ìgp ìno ìgm ìgp ìgm ìgp ìgp ìne ìnm ìnm ìnm ìnm ìno ñh ñge ñm ñge d ñge ñge ñb ñge ñge ñh ñge ìng d ñge ñge ìne ìgm ìgp d ìge d ìne ìnm ìne d ìgp ìgp ìne ñgp ñgt ðng ìBq ìBs ñge ñm ñb ñb ñgp ìq ñb ìno ìne ñb ìne ìnc ìng ìgp ìne ìnm d d d d ×n ×n ×t ×t ñm ìne ñb Ól Óa Óa Óa Óe Óe Óe Ód Ód Ós Óe Óe Ód Óe Ós Ós Ós Óa Óa Ód Ós Óe Ós Óa Ód Óa Ód Óa Óe Ól Óa Ód Ód Óa Ós Ól Óe Óa Ód Óe Ód Óa Óa Óe Ós Óa Óa Óa Óe Ós Ód Ós Ól Óa Óe Óa Ól Ól Ól Ós Óa Ól Ód Ós Óa Óe Ós Óa Ós Óa Ós Ós Óa Óa Óa Óe Óe Ód Ós Ós Óa Óa Ól Óe Ós Óa Ól Ól Óa Ós Óa Ód Óe Ós Óa Óa Óa Óa Ós Ós Ós Óa Óe Ós Óa Ód Ód Ód Ód Óa Ós Óa Óa Ós Ód Óe Óe Ód Ól Ód Ód Óe Ód Ór Ól Óa Ód Óe Ós Óe Óa Óa Óa Óa Ós Ód Ós Ód Óa Óe Óa Ód Óa Ód Óa Óa Ós Óa Óe Óe Óe Óa Óa Óe Ód Ód Óe Ód Óa Ól Óe Óe Óa Óa Óa Óe Ós Óa Ós Ól Óa Óe Óe Óe Ód Óa Ód Ós Óe Óe Óe Óe ìd¿ ìdÀ ìd¿ ìd¿ ìd¿ ìd¿ ìa¿ ìaÀ ìa ìaÀ ìa¿ ìaà ìaà ìa ìaà ×Pp ×n Öd ×a ×Pp Öd Öd Öd Öd ×Pp ìaà ìa ìaÀ ìd¿ ìd¿ ìd¿ ìd¿ ìdÀ ìd¿ ìd¿ Õs Õs Õs Õs Õs Õs Õs Õs Õs ðng ðng ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ðng ìdÀ ìdÀ ðng ðng ðng ×Pp ðng ðng ðng ðng ðng ðng ðng ×Pp ×Pp ×Pp ×Pp ×Pp ìdÀ ìdÀ ìdÀ ðng ðng ðng ðng ðng Öt Öt Öt Öt Öt Öl ðng ðng ðng ðng ×Pp ×Pp ×Pp ×Pp ðng ðng Bs Cu Gp Hm L Ms Mn Ni Ag T Sn V Ve Rc Gt Li Ol Na Au M I N E R A L F I E L D M I N E R A L F I E L D W A R B U R T O N D U N D A S M I N E R A L F I E L D North Royal Scotia Cumberland Sn,Li Princess Royal Bandalup Ms Elberdton Kundip Munglinup Ve Munglinup -Halberts Gt Lake Tay Gp Na Scaddan Gp Scaddan L Ni Medcalf V Pink Lake Fraser Range Bs Hm Israelite Bay Mt Henry Harlequin Maggie Hays Li Ni Ni Ni Mn Mt Chester Rc M I N E R A L F I E L D M I N E R A L F I E L D M I N E R A L F I E L D P H I L L I P S R I V E R W A R B U R T O N D U N D A S Birthday Gift Red, White and Blue Gp Crown-Mararoa Cattlin Creek Au,Cu Au,Ag,Cu O'Sullivan L,Ol Au,Cu ?ìq +ìng ?ìq +ìng ?ìq +ìng ?ìq +ìng Jerdacuttup Fault Cundeelee Fault Jerdacuttup Fault Cundeelee Fault Fraser Fault Thrust Thrust Heywood Thrust Thrust Heywood Coramup Coramup Fault Thrust Fault Cundeelee Jerdacuttup Heywood Fault Fraser Fault Tagon Fault Fault Wininup Coramup Thrust Tay Fault Koolyanobbing Eolian calcarenite and overlying residual quartz sand Quartz sand in fixed coastal dunes NULLARBOR LIMESTONE: ABRAKURRIE LIMESTONE: foraminiferal calcarenite bryozoan calcirudite and calcarenite Nornalup Complex ESPERANCE GRANITE Granite, even-grained Granite, porphyritic Mixture of Øge or Øgp with Øne and Øno; Øge or Øgp with abundant xenoliths of Øne and Øno, or Øne and Øno with abundant sheets of Øge or Øgp Granite, heterogeneous, porphyritic MALCOLM GNEISS Fraser Complex Garnet amphibolite, unit 1 Pyroxene granulite, unit 2 Pyroxene granulite, unit 4 Metagabbro, unit 5 Quartzite Phyllite and quartz-mica schist MOUNT BARREN GROUP Biranup Complex CORAMUP GNEISS DALYUP GNEISS MUNGLINUP GNEISS syenite and quartz syenite Undeformed to weakly deformed; unrecrystallized or recrystallized in prograde greenschist facies Recrystallized in prograde amphibolite or granulite facies, or retrograde amphibolite facies Heterogeneous granite and migmatite, moderately deformed Strongly deformed greenstones; recrystallized in greenschist or low amphibolite facies Felsic igneous rock Ultramafic igneous rock Strongly deformed greenstones; recrystallized in amphibolite or granulite facies HOLOCENE PLEISTOCENE MIOCENE EOCENE . 1300 Ma . 1300 Ma . 2350 Ma . 2400 Ma CAINOZOIC PHANEROZOIC PROTEROZOIC ARCHAEAN PROTEROZOIC ARCHAEAN ALBANY _ FRASER OROGEN YILGARN CRATON PALLINUP SILTSTONE: TOOLINNA LIMESTONE: bryozoan calcarenite siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate; with fossil sponges and molluscs Granite, heterogeneous, even-grained Metasedimentary rocks Quartzite, quartz-mica schist, pelitic schist, and banded iron-formation . 2630 Ma FITZGERALD PEAKS SYENITE: Sedimentary rock Mafic igneous rock Mainly mafic igneous rocks and banded iron-formation REGOLITH EUCLA BASIN 0 20 40 60 80 Kilometres Fault exposed Mineral field boundary Highway with national route marker Formed road Watercourse, ephemeral SYMBOLS SI 51-1 B C D E F A thrust Geological boundary exposed concealed inclined vertical Fold axis or lineation, showing direction of plunge Subsurface trend of steep or vertical layering in Albany-Fraser Orogen indicated by aeromagnetic data 75 20 Railway Homestead 100 10 Kilometres SCALE 1:1Ý000Ý000 LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION CULVER SI 51-2 SI 51-3 SI 51-4 SI 51-5 SI 51-6 SI 51-7 SI 51-10 SI 51-11 ISLAND LAKE JOHNSTON NORSEMAN BALLADONIA RAVENSTHORPE ESPERANCE MALCOLM MONDRAIN CAPE ARID SIMPLIFIED PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY MAIN FEATURES OF THE REGOLITH AND GEOMORPHOLOGY BREM ER BASIN c c c c c c c c c A B C D E F SHEET SI 51 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA REFERENCE SHEET SI 51 SECOND EDITION 1995 RECHERCHE GRANITE Mine Major opencut Opencut Prospect Mineral occurrence Lithium Copper Manganese Nickel Tin Vanadium Vermiculite Townsite population less than 1000 Gypsum Heavy-mineral sands Magnesite Talc W.A. N.T. S.A. N.S.W. Vic. Qld. Tas. A.C.T. CARNARVON KALGOORLIE ESPERANCE BRUNSWICK BAY BROOME HALLS CREEK CLOATES OAKOVER RIVER LAKE MACKAY MEEKATHARRA WILUNA ABROLHOS PERTH ALBANY EYRE HAMERSLEY RANGE PETERMANN RANGES NULLARBOR PLAIN HOUTMAN ROWLEY SHOALS Bathymetric contour, depth in metres AUSTRALIA 1:1Ý000Ý000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES interpreted, partly based on aeromagnetic data Bedding, igneous layering, or foliation; showing strike and dip National park, major nature reserve boundary population 1000_10 000 Major mine (gold, unless otherwise indicated) Building stone, facing stone Rock aggregate, crushed Graphite Lignite Oil shale Eolian sand, silt and clay, partly gypsiferous; in dunes and sheets around playa lakes Sand, silt, clay, and gravel; alluvium and other valley and playa lake deposits, mainly saline and gypsiferous Calcareous clay, silt, and sand; eolian and residual deposits with locally developed sheet and nodular kankar Calcareous clay and kankar; residual deposits over NULLARBOR LIMESTONE Quartz sand and gravel; residual and transported deposits Dolerite dykes, intruded into Precambrian rocks; interpreted from aeromagnetic data where dashed Granitoid rocks Greenstones Dolerite and metadolerite dykes; interpreted from aeromagnetic data where dashed Mafic dykes; dolerite or layered norite, gabbro, pyroxenite, and peridotite (Widgiemooltha Dyke Swarm); partly interpreted from aeromagnetic data where dashed Compiled and produced using computer-assisted graphic applications, and available in digital form THOM, R., and LIPPLE, S.L., 1974, Ravensthorpe MORGAN, K.M., 1972, Esperance-Mondrain Island LOWRY, D.C., DOEPEL, J.J.G., KOEHN, P.R., and KRIEWALDT, M., 1972, Malcolm-Cape Arid LOWRY, D.C., DOEPEL, J.J.G., and KOEHN, P.R., 1971, Balladonia LOWRY, D.C., 1969, Culver GOWER, C.F., and BUNTING, J.A., 1974, Lake Johnston DOEPEL, J.J.G., NEWTON-SMITH, J., and KOEHN, P.R., 1972, Norseman Compiled by: J.S. Myers 1991-92 Edited by: C. Strong and G. Loan Cartography by: D. Ladbrook, P. Taylor, and R. Duberal Horizontal control, major Topographic base supplied by the Department of Land Administration and modified from geological field survey AND DARWIN concealed, partly based on aeromagnetic data 120¾ 32¾ 33¾ 34¾ 35¾ 120¾ 121¾ 122¾ 123¾ 124¾ 125¾ 126¾ 35¾ 34¾ 33¾ 32¾ 126¾ 123¾ 124¾ 125¾ 122¾ 121¾ Quartz and calcareous sand; mobile or in part lithified beach and dune deposits Marine limestone; south of Israelite Bay Laterite, silcrete, ferricrete, and associated clastic rocks; residual and transported deposits, and deeply weathered rock PLANTAGENET GROUP . 1200 - 1100 Ma . 1700 - 1300 Ma . 1700 - 1600 Ma . 2690 - 2550 Ma c. 3000 - 2640 Ma c. 3000 - 2690 Ma c. 3000 - 2690 Ma Tonalite and granodiorite Granite, even-grained Granite, porphyritic Salt Silver Gold Geology by: J.S. Myers 1990-91 and after 1:250Ý000 Geological Series maps Published by and available from the Geological Survey of Western Australia, Department of Minerals and Energy, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, W.A., 6004 The recommended reference for this map is: MYERS, J.S., 1995, Esperance, W.A.: Western Australia Geological Survey, 1:1Ý000Ý000 Geological Series. INDEX TO 1:250 000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES INDEX TO 1:1Ý000ÝÝ000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES Pp T ¦ Western Australia Printed by Allwest Print, Western Australia Published maps indicated DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY HON. GEORGE CASH, J.P., M.L.C. MINISTER FOR MINES K.R. PERRY, DIRECTOR GENERAL G E O L O G I CA L S U R V E Y W E S T E R N A U S T R A L I A PIETRO GUJ DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA d ìge ìgp ìgm ìne ìno ìnm ìq ìnc ìnp ìng ìgy Am ñs ñf ñb ñu ñh ðng ×n ×a ×t ñgt ñge ñgp ìBq ìBs ìng ìng ìne ìnc ìBs ìBs ðng ðng ñg ñg ìge + ìgp ñg ìng + ìnp ìne + ìno ñg Õs Öt Öd Öl Ód Óa Óe Ór Ós Ól ìa¿ Moderately to strongly deformed (DÕ ûDÛ ûDç) and recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç) in prograde granulite facies, or retrograde amphibolite or greenschist facies c. Moderately to strongly deformed (DÕ +DÛ ûDç) and recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç) in prograde granulite facies, or retrograde amphibolite or greenschist facies at 1300 - 1100 Ma c. Mixture of heterogeneous granitoid gneiss; derived from ? 1450 Ma granite, granodiorite and pegmatite, and paragneiss (? 1550 Ma) c. Holocene and Pleistocene quartz sand dunes on Pleistocene marine limestone Late Pleistocene cemented gravel and quartz sand Tertiary limestone Precambrian rocks River channel with active Quaternary erosion Inland extent of active Quaternary erosion SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL NATURAL SCALE NATURAL SCALE SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL 0 500 m 10 km 20 km 30 km 35 km 500 m 10 km 20 km 30 km 30 km 20 km 10 km calcareous dune sand ìBq Pleistocene calcareous loess SIMPLIFIED SECTIONS ?Holocene to Pliocene alluvial and lacustrine deposits Dominantly ?Oligocene to Miocene SCALE EXAGGERATION: HORIZONTAL x 4; VERTICAL x 60 Bedding Archaean granite 0 100 km 25 50 75 0 100 km 25 50 75 Moderately deformed (DÕ ûDÛ ûDç) and mainly recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç) in prograde greenschist or amphibolite facies at 1300 - 1100 Ma ìdÀ ìaÀ ìa ìaà c. ? 1550 Ma c. Moderately to strongly deformed and recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç); in prograde granulite facies or retrograde amphibolite or greenschist facies at 1300 - 1100 Ma c. Granitoid gneiss, heterogeneous; mainly derived from Recherche Granite, deformed (DÕ +DÛ ûDç) with orthogneiss ( 1700 - 1600 Ma) and paragneiss, including quartzite (? 1550 Ma) c. Deformed by DÙ +DÕ +DÛ ûDç Deformed by DÙ +DÕ +DÛ ûDç ìd¿ ìa¿ ìaÀ ìa ìaà Weakly to moderately deformed (Dç) and recrystallized (Mç) in prograde amphibolite facies or retrograde greenschist facies Moderately to strongly deformed (DÕ +DÛ ûDç) and recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç) in prograde granulite facies, or retrograde amphibolite or greenschist facies c. Granitic augen gneiss ( 1660 Ma) c. Granitoid gneiss, heterogeneous; mainly derived from granite, granodiorite, and pegmatite ( 1700-1600 Ma), with some Recherche Granite c. Granitoid gneiss, heterogeneous; mainly derived from granite, granodiorite, tonalite and pegmatite ( 2630 Ma), with some Recherche Granite c. Shear sense indicator, steep or vertical, DÛ ûDç STANDARD PARALLELS 32° 40' and 35° 20' Malcolm Gneiss ? . 1450 Ma Esperance Granite Dalyup Gneiss Coramup Gneiss Mount Barren Group Ravensthorpe greenstone belt greenstone belt Johnston Norseman greenstone belt Syenite Ragged schist NORNALUP COMPLEX YILGARN CRATON BIRANUP COMPLEX >2500 Ma . 1300 Ma ALBANY_FRASER OROGEN Recherche Granite . 1300 Ma Fraser Complex . 2630 Ma Gneiss Munglinup Jimberlana Dyke . 2400 Ma c c c . 2350 Ma c c c c c c Mount c . 1700 - 1300 Ma Peaks Fitzgerald greenstone belt Forrestania . 1700 - 1600 Ma . 1200 - 1100 Ma . 1300 - 1100 Ma ñb ñb ñb ñb ñg ñg ñg ñg ?ìnm ìq ìno ìnm ìng ìng ìnc ìne ìne ìgy ðng ìa ìno+ìne ìgp+ìge ìnc ìB ìno ìgp+ìge PLATEAU BUNDA MARDABILLA PLAIN Baxter Cliffs Wylie Scarp ISRAELITE PLAIN

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Page 1: AUSTRALIA 1:1Ý000Ý000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES GEOLOGICAL … · Gilmore Sharpe LORT JERDACUTTUP RIVER OLDFIELD MUNGLINUP RIVER RIVER Lake Gore Pink Lake Fanny Cove Rossiter Bay Sandy

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MT BEAUMONT

NIBLICK HILL

CLYDE HILL

MT MERIVALEMT HAWES

SADDLEBACK HILL

HOWICK HILLMT BARING

CARNICUP HILL

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Matthew Rock

Gardner Rock

Penguin Rock

Lillian Stokes Rock

Dog Rock

Georgie Rock

Wellstead Rock Lackman RockBull Rocks

Gilmore RocksMoir Rock

Three Mile Rock

McDermid Rock

Scamp Rock

Knopp RockPlover Rock

Ant Rock

Red Roo Rock

Alice RockTaylor Rock

Harbutt RockDisappointment Rock

Boojerbeenyer Rock

Styles Rock

Dingo Rock

Kau Rock

Tookle-Jenna Rock

Ponier RockCoragina Rock

Booanya Rock

Charlina Rock Wonberna Rock

Boingaring Rocks

Afghan Rock

Newman RockTen Mile Rocks

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441 m

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298 m

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271 m

328 m

299 m

276 m223 m

159 m

226 m

136 m

160 m

203 m

243 m

237 m

233 m

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223 m252 m

266 m

238 m

250 m

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569 m

415 m

451 m

427 m

651 m

306 m

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357 m

164 m

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W A R B U R T O ND U N D A S

M I N E R A L F I E L D

North Royal

Scotia

Cumberland

Sn,Li

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Kundip

MunglinupVeMunglinup

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M I N E R A L F I E L DM I N E R A L F I E L D

M I N E R A L F I E L D

P H I L L I P S R I V E R

W A R B U R T O ND U N D A S

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Red, White and Blue

GpCrown-Mararoa

Cattlin Creek

Au,Cu

Au,Ag,Cu

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Thrust ThrustHeywoodCoramup Coramup

Fault

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Eolian calcarenite and overlying residual quartz sand

Quartz sand in fixed coastal dunes

NULLARBOR LIMESTONE:

ABRAKURRIE LIMESTONE:

foraminiferal calcarenite

bryozoan calcirudite and calcarenite

Nornalup ComplexESPERANCE GRANITE

Granite, even-grained

Granite, porphyritic

Mixture of Øge or Øgp with Øne and Øno; Øge or Øgp with abundant xenoliths of Øne and Øno, or Øne and Øno with abundant sheets of Øge or Øgp

Granite, heterogeneous, porphyritic

MALCOLM GNEISS

Fraser Complex

Garnet amphibolite, unit 1

Pyroxene granulite, unit 2

Pyroxene granulite, unit 4

Metagabbro, unit 5

Quartzite

Phyllite and quartz-mica schist

MOUNT BARREN GROUP

Biranup Complex

CORAMUP GNEISS

DALYUP GNEISS

MUNGLINUP GNEISS

syenite and quartz syenite

Undeformed to weakly deformed; unrecrystallized or recrystallized in prograde greenschist facies

Recrystallized in prograde amphibolite or granulite facies, or retrograde amphibolite facies

Heterogeneous granite and migmatite, moderately deformed

Strongly deformed greenstones; recrystallized in greenschist or low amphibolite facies

Felsic igneous rock

Ultramafic igneous rock

Strongly deformed greenstones; recrystallized in amphibolite or granulite facies

HOLOCENE

PLEISTOCENE

MIOCENE

EOCENE

. 1300 Ma

. 1300 Ma

. 2350 Ma

. 2400 Ma

CAIN

OZOI

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TOOLINNA LIMESTONE: bryozoan calcarenite

siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate; with fossil sponges and molluscs

Granite, heterogeneous, even-grained

Metasedimentary rocks

Quartzite, quartz-mica schist, pelitic schist, and banded iron-formation

. 2630 Ma

FITZGERALD PEAKS SYENITE:

Sedimentary rock

Mafic igneous rock

Mainly mafic igneous rocks and banded iron-formation

REGO

LITH

EUCL

A BA

SIN

0 20 40 60 80

Kilometres

Fault

exposed

Mineral field boundary

Highway with national route marker

Formed road

Watercourse, ephemeral

SYMBOLS

SI 51-1

B C D E FA

thrust

Geological boundary

exposed

concealed

inclined

vertical

Fold axis or lineation, showing direction of plunge

Subsurface trend of steep or vertical layering inAlbany-Fraser Orogen indicated by aeromagnetic data

75

20

Railway

Homestead

10010

Kilometres

SCALE 1:1Ý000Ý000

LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION

CULVER

SI 51-2 SI 51-3 SI 51-4

SI 51-5 SI 51-6 SI 51-7

SI 51-10 SI 51-11

ISLAND

LAKEJOHNSTON

NORSEMAN BALLADONIA

RAVENSTHORPE ESPERANCE MALCOLM

MONDRAINCAPE ARID

SIMPLIFIED PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY

MAIN FEATURES OF THE REGOLITH AND GEOMORPHOLOGY

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c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

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SHEET SI 51GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAREFERENCE

SHEET SI 51

SECOND EDITION 1995

RECHERCHE GRANITE

Mine

Major opencut

Opencut

Prospect

Mineral occurrence

Lithium

Copper

Manganese

Nickel

Tin

Vanadium

Vermiculite

Townsite

population less than 1000

Gypsum

Heavy-mineral sands

Magnesite

Talc

W.A.

N.T.

S.A.

N.S.W.

Vic.

Qld.

Tas.

A.C.T.

CARNARVON

KALGOORLIE

ESPERANCE

BRUNSWICK BAY

BROOME HALLS CREEK

CLOATESOAKOVER RIVER LAKE MACKAY

MEEKATHARRA WILUNA

ABROLHOSPERTH

ALBANY EYRE

HAMERSLEY

RANGE

PETERMANNRANGES

NULLARBORPLAIN

HOUTMAN

ROWLEY SHOALS

Bathymetric contour, depth in metres

AUSTRALIA 1:1Ý000Ý000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES

interpreted, partly based on aeromagnetic data

Bedding, igneous layering, or foliation; showing strike and dip

National park, major nature reserve boundary

population 1000_10 000

Major mine (gold, unless otherwise indicated)

Building stone, facing stone

Rock aggregate, crushed

Graphite

Lignite

Oil shale

Eolian sand, silt and clay, partly gypsiferous; in dunes and sheets around playa lakes

Sand, silt, clay, and gravel; alluvium and other valley and playa lake deposits, mainly saline and gypsiferous

Calcareous clay, silt, and sand; eolian and residual deposits with locally developed sheet and nodular kankar

Calcareous clay and kankar; residual deposits over NULLARBOR LIMESTONE

Quartz sand and gravel; residual and transported deposits

Dolerite dykes, intruded into Precambrian rocks; interpreted from aeromagnetic data where dashed

Granitoid rocks

Greenstones

Dolerite and metadolerite dykes; interpreted from aeromagnetic data where dashed

Mafic dykes; dolerite or layered norite, gabbro, pyroxenite, and peridotite (Widgiemooltha Dyke Swarm); partly interpreted from aeromagnetic data where dashed

Compiled and produced using computer-assisted graphic applications, and available in digital form

THOM, R., and LIPPLE, S.L., 1974, Ravensthorpe

MORGAN, K.M., 1972, Esperance-Mondrain Island

LOWRY, D.C., DOEPEL, J.J.G., KOEHN, P.R., and KRIEWALDT, M., 1972, Malcolm-Cape Arid

LOWRY, D.C., DOEPEL, J.J.G., and KOEHN, P.R., 1971, Balladonia

LOWRY, D.C., 1969, Culver

GOWER, C.F., and BUNTING, J.A., 1974, Lake Johnston

DOEPEL, J.J.G., NEWTON-SMITH, J., and KOEHN, P.R., 1972, Norseman

Compiled by: J.S. Myers 1991-92

Edited by: C. Strong and G. Loan

Cartography by: D. Ladbrook, P. Taylor, and R. Duberal

Horizontal control, major

Topographic base supplied by the Department of Land Administration and modified from geological field survey

AND DARWIN

concealed, partly based on aeromagnetic data

120¾32¾

33¾

34¾

35¾120¾

121¾122¾ 123¾ 124¾ 125¾

126¾35¾

34¾

33¾

32¾126¾

123¾ 124¾ 125¾122¾121¾

Quartz and calcareous sand; mobile or in part lithified beach and dune deposits

Marine limestone; south of Israelite Bay

Laterite, silcrete, ferricrete, and associated clastic rocks; residual and transported deposits, and deeply weathered rock

PLANTAGENET GROUP

. 1200 - 1100 Ma

. 1700 - 1300 Ma

. 1700 - 1600 Ma

. 2690 - 2550 Ma

c. 3000 - 2640 Ma

c. 3000 - 2690 Ma

c. 3000 - 2690 Ma

Tonalite and granodiorite

Granite, even-grained

Granite, porphyritic

Salt

Silver

Gold

Geology by: J.S. Myers 1990-91and after 1:250Ý000 Geological Series maps

Published by and available from the Geological Survey of Western Australia, Department of Minerals and Energy,100 Plain Street, East Perth, W.A., 6004

The recommended reference for this map is: MYERS, J.S., 1995, Esperance, W.A.: Western Australia GeologicalSurvey, 1:1Ý000Ý000 Geological Series.

INDEX TO 1:250 000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES

INDEX TO 1:1Ý000ÝÝ000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES

PpT

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Published maps indicated

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY

HON. GEORGE CASH, J.P., M.L.C.

MINISTER FOR MINES

K.R. PERRY, DIRECTOR GENERAL

GEOLO

G IC A L SURV EY

WE

ST

E R N A U S T RA

LIA

PIETRO GUJ

DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Öt

Öd

Öl

Ód

Óa

Óe

Ór

Ós

Ól

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Moderately to strongly deformed (DÕ ûDÛ ûDç) and recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç) in prograde granulite facies, or retrograde amphibolite or greenschist facies

c.Moderately to strongly deformed (DÕ +DÛ ûDç) and recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç) in prograde granulite facies, or retrograde amphibolite or greenschist facies at 1300 - 1100 Ma

c.Mixture of heterogeneous granitoid gneiss; derived from ? 1450 Ma granite, granodiorite and pegmatite, and paragneiss (? 1550 Ma)

c.

Holocene and Pleistocenequartz sand dunes onPleistocene marine limestone

Late Pleistocene cementedgravel and quartz sand

Tertiary limestone

Precambrian rocks

River channel with activeQuaternary erosion

Inland extent of activeQuaternary erosion

SEA LEVELSEA LEVEL

NATURAL SCALENATURAL SCALE

SEA LEVELSEA LEVEL

0

500 m

10 km 20 km 30 km 35 km

500 m

10 km

20 km

30 km 30 km

20 km

10 km

calcareous dune sand

ìBq

Pleistocene calcareousloess

SIMPLIFIED SECTIONS

?Holocene to Pliocenealluvial and lacustrine deposits

Dominantly ?Oligocene to Miocene

SCALE EXAGGERATION: HORIZONTAL x 4; VERTICAL x 60

Bedding Archaean granite

0 100 km25 50 75

0 100 km25 50 75

Moderately deformed (DÕ ûDÛ ûDç) and mainly recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç) in prograde greenschist or amphibolite facies at 1300 - 1100 Ma

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ìaÀ

ìaÂ

ìaÃ

c.? 1550 Ma

c.Moderately to strongly deformed and recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç); in prograde granulite facies or retrograde amphibolite or greenschist facies at 1300 - 1100 Ma

c.Granitoid gneiss, heterogeneous; mainly derived from Recherche Granite, deformed (DÕ +DÛ ûDç) with orthogneiss ( 1700 - 1600 Ma) and paragneiss,including quartzite (? 1550 Ma)c.

Deformed by DÙ +DÕ +DÛ ûDç

Deformed by DÙ +DÕ +DÛ ûDç

ìd¿

ìa¿ ìaÀ ìa ìaÃ

Weakly to moderately deformed (Dç) and recrystallized (Mç) in prograde amphibolite facies or retrograde greenschist facies

Moderately to strongly deformed (DÕ +DÛ ûDç) and recrystallized (MÕ +MÛ ûMç) in prograde granulite facies, or retrograde amphibolite or greenschist facies

c.

Granitic augen gneiss ( 1660 Ma)c.

Granitoid gneiss, heterogeneous; mainly derived from granite, granodiorite, and pegmatite ( 1700-1600 Ma), with some Recherche Granitec.

Granitoid gneiss, heterogeneous; mainly derived from granite, granodiorite, tonalite and pegmatite ( 2630 Ma), with some Recherche Granitec.

Shear sense indicator, steep or vertical, DÛ ûDç

STANDARD PARALLELS 32° 40' and 35° 20'

Malcolm Gneiss ? . 1450 Ma

Esperance Granite

Dalyup Gneiss

CoramupGneiss

Mount BarrenGroup

Ravensthorpegreenstone belt

greenstone beltJohnston Norseman

greenstone belt

Syenite

Raggedschist

NORNALUP COMPLEX

YILGARN CRATON

BIRANUP COMPLEX

>2500 Ma

. 1300 Ma

ALBANY_FRASER OROGEN

Recherche Granite. 1300 Ma

Fraser Complex

. 2630 MaGneiss

Munglinup

Jimberlana Dyke. 2400 Mac

cc. 2350 Ma

c

c

cc

c

c

Mount

c

. 1700 -1300 Ma

PeaksFitzgerald

greenstone beltForrestania

. 1700 - 1600 Ma

. 1200 - 1100 Ma

. 1300 - 1100 Ma

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ìno

ìnm

ìng

ìng ìncìne

ìne

ìgy

ðng

ìaìno+ìne

ìgp+ìge

ìncìB

ìno

ìgp+ìge

PLATEAUBUNDA

MARDABILLA PLAIN

Baxter Cliffs

Wyli

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arp

ISRAE

LITE

PLAI

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