Eucla basement stratigraphic drilling program — FREE workshop on Thursday 10 September
The Eucla basement stratigraphic drilling program, funded through the Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS), was established to investigate the greenfields Madura and Coompana basement provinces that lie between the Albany–Fraser Orogen and Gawler Craton, beneath up to 500 m of cover rocks in the Bight and Eucla Basins, Western Australia.
The workshop will include presentations from the Geological Survey of Western Australia, Curtin University and First Drilling.
Topics include:
- Drilling techniques and core acquisition
- Lithological and structural features
- Sulfides, veins and alteration
- Implications for geophysical data interpretations
- Geochronology
- Geochemistry, isotopes and crustal evolution
- Tectonic settings and implications for geodynamics and prospectivity
- Geology of the cover sequences
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Date |
Thursday 10 September 2015 |
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Time |
8.30 am – 5.00 pm |
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Venue |
Hyatt Hotel |
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Location |
East Perth |
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Cost |
FREE but registration is essential. |
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To register contact Deenikka Preedy (deenikka.preedy@dmp.wa.gov.au) or 9222 3634. Please also indicate whether you wish to attend the public core viewing of representative sections on Monday 14 September 2015, at the Perth Core Library, Carlisle |
The schedule of presentations is on the DMP website. Short abstracts will be available on the day, and will be posted on the website afterwards.
Co-funded Drilling Program Round 12 now open!
Round 12 of the Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) Co–funded Drilling Program is now open.
The online system for applications for co-funding of drilling projects to be undertaken in 2016, opened on 4 September and will close at 5 pm (WST) on 16 October 2015.
More information is available at www.dmp.wa.gov.au/eisdrilling or from Margaret Ellis, Coordinator EIS on email Margaret.ellis@dmp.wa.gov.au or Tel (08) 9222 3509.
GSWA database training 2015 — Perth and Kalgoorlie
The Geological Survey of Western Australia 
(GSWA) offers FREE training in its databases and online systems. The training is in the form of a presentation with hands-on interaction in most systems.
Topics include:
- navigating the Department of Mines and Petroleum’s (DMP) website
- searching for geoscience publications
- finding digital datasets using the Data and Software Centre
- searching for open-file mineral exploration reports using WAMEX
- searching the mineral drillholes and geochemistry databases
- bringing it all together with the interactive map viewer, GeoVIEW.WA and GeoMap.WA, a standalone GIS viewer for Windows.
PERTH
The Perth training has been divided into separate sessions: one for prospectors, and one for mining companies/geologists.
Venue: Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth
- Thursday 29 October
Prospectors in the morning — waiting list only
Mining companies/geologists in the afternoon
KALGOORLIE
The Kalgoorlie training is open to anyone.
Venue: Room 102 (computer lab), Goldfields Institute of Technology, Centre for Engineering and Mining Training (CEMT), Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame, Kalgoorlie
- Thursday 5 November
Register
To register for this free training, send an email to publications@dmp.wa.gov.au including your details (name, company name, telephone number), with the location and date of the training you wish to attend.
More information can be found here.
Subscribe to Fieldnotes
Fieldnotes is a quarterly publication released by GSWA to provide the State's exploration industry and other geoscientists with an update on our latest work and ongoing programs. The publication provides updates on other GSWA products and services and is available free from the Information Centre located on the first floor of Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth 6004. Find past issues of Fieldnotes here or subscribe to receive a hard copy by emailing publications@dmp.wa.gov.au.
Access GSWA products
You can view and download maps, reports, and digital information free of charge from our website.
Click on these links to take you to the download or launch page for that product:
- Geoscience information, maps and reports
- GIS versions of maps and links to web services
- Interactive geological map (GeoVIEW.WA)
- Explanatory Notes System (ENS)
- Promotional flyers and posters
- GeoMap.WA GIS software
- Mineral deposits and mine information (MINEDEX)
- Mineral exploration reports (WAMEX)
- Petroleum and geothermal information (WAPIMS)
- TENGRAPH online
- Airborne geophysics index (MAGIX)
- Geochronology
- Geochemistry (GeoChem Extract)
- Petroleum and Geothermal Register (PGR)
Hard copies
Maps, USB data packages, and nine premium publications are available to purchase as hard copies from the eBookshop or the First Floor counter at Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth WA 6004. A new online cart and payment system is in place. Records, Reports, Bulletins and other non-series books cannot be purchased in hard copy but are all available as PDFs to view and download free of charge.
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 our website.