Forthcoming geophysical data releases

Thursday 9 August 2012 after 0900 AWST (UTC +8)

Murgoo 2011 airborne magnetic and radiometric survey — final data

Images and grids of final data from the regional magnetic and radiometric survey at line spacing of 200 m completed in November 2011 will be available from the GSWA website on the Latest Geophysical Surveys page at www.dmp.wa.gov.au/geophysics.

Point-located ('vector') data and grids from this survey can be purchased on disk from Geoscience Australia or downloaded free of charge from the Geophysical Archive Data Delivery System (GADDS).


Preliminary grids and images were released on 22 February 2012 and are available for download from www.dmp.wa.gov.au/14374.aspx


Latest Geophysics Program update


Access to previously released geophysical data

Image data from previous geophysical releases can be found on our Regional Geophysical Surveys page. Digital located and grid data can be purchased on media from Geoscience Australia or downloaded free of charge through the Geophysical Archive Data Delivery System (GADDS).

Training in GSWA databases and online systems

You are invited to attend a free training session hosted by the Department of Mines and Petroleum to demonstrate current online systems. This is your opportunity to try these services for yourself and chat with the staff who create and manage them.

The format is an interactive presentation which includes navigating the DMP website, searching for publications, finding mineral deposits using MINEDEX, finding digital datasets using the Data and Software Centre, open file mineral exploration reports using WAMEX, and bringing it all together with the interactive map viewer (GeoVIEW.WA). GeoMap.WA, a new GIS viewer for Windows, will also be demonstrated.

The morning sessions will be a high-level fast demonstration and overview of the use of all the programs. At the afternoon sessions, participants will be able to practise using the programs with their own actual examples and get some one-on-one advice about individual issues. You can attend one or both sessions.

Perth
ISB Training room, Ground floor
Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth
9 am – 12 noon, 2–5 pm — Monday 6 August (two places left)
9 am – 12 noon, 2–5 pm — Wednesday 7 November

Kalgoorlie
WA School of Mines, Mine Design Lab, Room 131, Building 703, Odwyn Jones Building, corner Cassidy and MacDonald Streets, central Kalgoorlie.
9 am – 12 noon, 2–5 pm – Wednesday 14 November

To register, email your details to <publications@dmp.wa.gov.au>.

Spotlight on a product

Compilation of geochronology information, 2012 update

This package contains information on the geochronology results obtained to June 2012 by the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA), and to July 2007 by Geoscience Australia (GA).

Datasets featured:
Geological Survey of Western Australia geochronology data¹
GSWA geochronology sample sites and information

Geoscience Australia geochronology data²
GA geochronology sample sites and information
These data have been sourced from GA's OZCHRON database (July 2007).

A more recent OZCHRON release, which contains only SHRIMP U–Pb data, is available for download from the GA website.

Geology

Mineralization and exploration

Topography

¹For inquiries about GSWA geochronology data, please contact:
Dr Michael TD Wingate or Dr Chris L Kirkland
Geochronology and Isotope Geology
Geological Survey of Western Australia
Department of Mines and Petroleum
100 Plain Street, East Perth 6004
Email: Michael.WINGATE@dmp.wa.gov.au
Telephone: +61 8 9222 3613
Email: Chris.KIRKLAND@dmp.wa.gov.au
Telephone: +61 8 9222 3826
Website: www.dmp.wa.gov.au/geochron   

²For inquiries about GA geochronology data, please contact:
Dr Keith Sircombe
Geoscience Australia Geochronology Laboratory
Onshore Energy and Minerals Division
Email: geochronology@ga.gov.au
Telephone: +61 2 6249 9543
Fax: +61 2 6249 9992
Website: www.ga.gov.au/oracle/ozchron

Cost: $55 (inc. GST)

Latest releases

Latest release

REPORTS

Report 115 A multi-isotopic approach to the crustal evolution of the west Musgrave Province, central Australia by Kirkland, CL, Smithies, RH, Woodhouse, A, Howard, H, Wilson, AC, Belousova, EA, Cliff, JB, Murphy, R, and Spaggiari, C

Report 116 Provenance of the 1340–1270 Ma Ramarama Basin in the west Musgrave Province, central Australia by Evins, PM, Kirkland CL, Wingate, MTD, Smithies, RH, Howard, HM, and Bodorkos, S

RECORDS

Record 2011/25 Capricorn Orogen seismic and magnetotelluric (MT) workshop 2011: extended abstracts by Johnson, SP, Thorne, AM, and Tyler, IM

Record 2012/7 Geochronological and isotopic constraints on the tectonic setting of the c. 1800 Ma Hart Dolerite and the Kimberley and Speewah Basins, northern Western Australia by Sheppard, S, Page, RW, Griffin, TJ, Rasmussen, B, Fletcher, IR, Tyler, IM, Kirkland, CL, Wingate, MTD, Hollis, JA, and Thorne, AM

Record 2012/8 Field observations relating to the c. 2740 Ma Mopoke Member, Kylena Formation, Fortescue Group, Pilbara region, Western Australiaby Flannery, DT, Hoshino, Y, George, SC, and Walter, MR

Record 2011/23 The geology of the east Albany–Fraser Orogen — a field guide by CV Spaggiari, CL Kirkland, MJ Pawley, RH Smithies, MTD Wingate, MG Doyle, TG Blenkinsop, C Clark, CW Oorschot, LJ Fox, and J Savage

Record 2012/10 A billion years of Earth history: a geological transect through the Pilbara Craton and the Mount Bruce Supergroup — a field guide to accompany 34th IGC excursion WA-2 by Van Kranendonk, MJ and Hickman, AH

          

GEOLOGICAL MAPS 1:100 000

CHALLA 1:100 000 Geological Series map WA Sheet 2541 by Ivanic, T  

MOUNT EVELINE 1:100 000 Geological Series map WA Sheet 4345 by Smithies, RH 

WINDIMURRA 1:100 000 Geological Series map WA Sheet 2641 by Ivanic, T  

CARLINDIE 1:100 000 Geological Series map WA Sheet 2756 by Van Kranendonk, MJ

MOUNT VERNON 1:100 000 Geological Series map WA Sheet 2549 by Blay, OA, Thorne, AM, and Cutten, HN 

TAMBOURAH 1:100 000 Geological Series map 2nd edition WA Sheet 2754       by Van Kranendonk, MJ, Pawley, M, and Hickman, AH               

TEANO 1:100 000 Geological Series map WA Sheet 2449 by Blay, OA, Thorne, AM, and Cutten, HN

RESOURCE POTENTIAL FOR LAND USE PLANNING 1:100 000-scale maps

Fremantle–Jarrahdale — Regionally significant basic raw materials

Ledge Point – Gingin — Regionally significant basic raw materials

Perth–Woorooloo — Regionally significant basic raw materials by C Strickland

NON-SERIES MAPS

Iron ore deposits of the Yilgarn Craton, 2012

Plate 1 Interpreted Pre-Mesozoic bedrock geology of the east Albany–Fraser Orogen and southeast Yilgarn Craton by Spaggiari, C and Pawley, M

Plate 1A Geophysical and remote sensing imagery and reference for Plate 1, east Albany–Fraser Orogen and southeast Yilgarn Craton by Spaggiari, C and Pawley, M

Plate 2 Interpreted Pre-Mesozoic bedrock geology of the Tropicana region of the east Albany–Fraser Orogen by Spaggiari, C and Pawley, M

GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION PACKAGES 1:100 000

Kimberley GIS update 2012

West Musgrave GIS 2012

NON-SERIES DIGITAL PRODUCTS

Compilation of geochronology information, 2012

DATA PACKAGE

1:250 000 digital data package – Regolith and ASTER maps of Western Australia 2012

WA Coast — Gascoyne

WA Coast — Pilbara by Gozzard, JR                                                                                             

Inventory of abandoned mine sites: progress 1999–2011                                     

Regolith geochemistry of WA (1:250 000)

Digital data packages are available on USB for $55 (inc. GST). All other products are free to download as PDFs.

Access GSWA products

You can download maps, reports, and digital information free of charge from our website.

Click on these links to take you to the download page for that product:

Hard copies

Hard copy publications are also available to purchase from the eBookshop or the First Floor counter at Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA 6004.

Contact us

For information on publications, email publications@dmp.wa.gov.au
or telephone +61 8 9222 3459/ fax +61 8 9222 3444.

For information on digital data, email the digital data administrator on gsd.dda@dmp.wa.gov.au
or telephone +61 8 9222 3816.

Physical address

Mineral House
100 Plain Street
East Perth WA 6004
www.dmp.wa.gov.au/gswa

For more information about GSWA and its products, go to the GSWA website.