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Granite Peak Homestead 45 km
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SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY
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DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION
SHEET 3046 FIRST EDITION 1999
W.A.
N.T.
S.A.
N.S.W.
Vic.
Qld
Tas.
A.C.T.
SHEET INDEX
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GABANINTHA
GLENGARRY
BRYAH
JAMINDI
YAGANOO
MOOLOOGOOL
DOOLGUNNA
MEREWETHER
THADUNA
MARYMIA
WILUNA
CUNYU
MERRIE
FAIRBAIRN
MILLROSE
NABBERU
METHWIN
SANDALWOOD
BALLIMORE
RHODES
GLENGARRY
NABBERU
WILUNA
PEAK HILL
SG 50-8
SG 50-12
SG 51-5
SG 51-9
MOUNT BARTLE
THREE RIVERS
GRANITE PEAK
LAKE VIOLET
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1:100Ý000 maps shown in black
1:250Ý000 maps shown in brown
(Asperia digitata,
Pilbaria deverella)Ephyaltes edingunensis,
c. 2664 Ma
TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION
Grid lines indicate 1000 metre interval of the Australian Map Grid Zone 51
HORIZONTAL DATUM: AUSTRALIAN GEODETIC DATUM 1984VERTICAL DATUM: AUSTRALIAN HEIGHT DATUM
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Lacustrine deposits_saline silt, mud, and minor sand in playa lakes; primarily associated with palaeodrainageSand in dunes on or around playa lakes; in places gypsiferousGypsiferous and saline bedded deposits adjacent to playa lakesCalcrete or gypcrete around playa lakes
Alluvium_sand, silt, and gravel in channels and channel systemsCalcrete associated with palaeodrainage and active drainage systems; locally silicified
Sheetwash_sand, silt, and gravel in areas that lack clearly defined drainage channelsFerruginous gravel in sheetwash areasQuartz rubble adjacent to quartz veins
Sandplain_unconsolidated sand, and minor silt and clay; with scattered low, vegetated dunes
Colluvium_loose to consolidated gravel, sand, and silt, in moderate- to high-gradient slope deposits; locally dissectedFerruginous pisoliths and nodules; subordinate ferruginized rock and ironstone rubble
Ferruginous duricrust; nodular, pisolitic, and massive ferricrete, and associated rubbleIronstone; ferruginized rock, massive to rubbly; includes degraded ferruginous crustPedogenic calcrete; pisolitic, laminar, and nodular authigenic limestone
Quartz veinsHydrothermal chert pod
Dolerite sills
Megabreccia; probably reworked meteorite impact ejecta; predominantly sandstone clasts
CHIALL FORMATION: sandstone, siltstone, and shale; generally coarsening upwards
Princess Ranges Member: quartz arenite; locally glauconitic; minor sandstone
Wandiwarra Member: fine-grained sandstone; locally glauconitic, commonly hummocky cross-stratified with mud-flake breccia beds; minor
interbedded siltstone and shale.
WINDIDDA FORMATION
Karri Karri Member: siltstone and shale; locally varvoid; minor sandstone and marl
FRERE FORMATION: granular iron-formation and granular siliceous iron-formation; minor banded iron-formation, siltstone, and shaleGranular iron-formation and granular siliceous iron-formation, in places peloidal; minor siltstone and shaleSiltstone and shale; minor sandstone, iron formation, and chertBanded iron-formation; supergene-enriched iron formation
YELMA FORMATION
Sweetwaters Well Member: stromatolitic dolomite, microbial limestone, chert breccia derived from stromatolitic dolomiteand , and sandstone
Undivided: sandstone, siltstone, shale, and stromatolitic dolomite with associated chert breccia
Quartz sandstone, coarse grained; locally pebbly
Mafic dyke interpreted from aeromagnetic data; intruded into Archaean rock (section only)
TEAGUE GRANITE: leucocratic K-feldspar granite; Archaean granitoid altered by post-impact metasomatismQuartzÊmicrocline(ÊalbiteÊstilpnomelane) granite; brecciated and silicifiedQuartzÊalbiteÊmicrocline(ÊgarnetÊaegirine-augite) granite
Medium-grained leucocratic K-feldspar graniteHornblende quartzÊmonzonite
Granitoid rock, undivided; generally monzogranite
Metamorphosed felsic volcanic rockMetamorphosed feldspar porphyry
Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rock, undividedMetabasalt with epidote, garnetÊepidote, or clinopyroxeneÊepidoteÊchlorite alterationQuartzÊactinolite hornfels (subsurface only)
Chiall FormationPrincess Range Member
Wandiwarra Member
Windidda FormationKarri Karri Member
Frere Formation
Sweetwaters Well Member
Yelma Formation
Mafic dyke; dashed beneath Proterozoic rocks
Teague Granite; hydrothermally altered
Leucocratic K-feldspar graniteHornblende quartzÊmonzonite
Granitoid rock, undivided; generally monzogranite
Metamorphosed felsic rockMetamorphosed feldspar porphyry
Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rockMetabasalt with epidote alteration
Geological boundary
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Breakaway...............................................................................
Fault or shear
Strongly foliated rock............................................................
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syncline; exposed............................................................
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strike and dip estimated from aerial photographs
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Palaeocurrent, showing trend and sense of direction
from megaripples, direction unknown............................
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Shatter cone locality..............................................................
Stromatolite fossil locality.....................................................
Zinc...................................................................................
syncline; concealed..........................................................
Isotopic age determination site with identification number
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Mineral exploration drill hole showing subsurface data....
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Building...................................................................................
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Watercourse; with ephemeral pool or waterhole................
Prospect (gold, unless otherwise indicated).......................
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stretching lineation; inclined...........................................
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Geology by F. Pirajno 1998
Edited by D. Ferdinando and G. Loan
Cartography by S. Hamill and K. Greenberg
Topography from the Department of Land Administration Sheet SG 51-5, 3046,with modifications from geological field survey
Published by the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Copies available fromthe Information Centre, Department of Minerals and Energy, 100 Plain Street,East Perth, WA, 6004. Phone (08) 9222 3459, Fax (08) 9222 3444
This map is also available in digital form
Printed by the Sands Print Group, Western Australia
The recommended reference for this map is:PIRAJNO, F., 1999, Nabberu, W.A. Sheet 3046: Western Australia Geological Survey, 1:100Ý000 Geological Series
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GEOLO
G IC A L SURVEY
WE
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
DAVID BLIGHT, DIRECTOR
GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
HON. NORMAN MOORE, M.L.C.
MINISTER FOR MINES
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS
AND ENERGY
L. C. RANFORD, DIRECTOR GENERAL