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Walu RANGE McNICHOLS PINYINNA RANGE BLOODS RANGE Hull River Tjuninanta Karukaki PIULTARANA RANGE PETERMANN RANGES Amputjutu Livingstone Pass DEAN RANGE MANNANANA Hull River RANGE ILYARALONA RANGE WESTERN AUSTRALIA BLOODS Goyder Creek Umbeara Lilla Corella Creek ETTENIA HILLS MOUNT MAGAREY MOUNT FALCONER Creek Creek KELLY HILLS Wide Gum Creek Alpara Opparinna Creek Britten Jones Creek Walytjatjata Kurkutjara Ukatjupa Irkini BUTLER DOME STEVENSON PEAK Mulyati Kurkatingara THE HOPKINS Ngarngurr Armstrong Creek Pitalu Kunapula POTTOYU HILLS Irving Creek Little Puta Puta Shaw Creek Puta Puta Tjunti Walka Wankari Lasseters Cave Mount Cavenagh Kulgera STUART HIGHWAY Wellmullinna Creek Kalamurta Creek INGUROO HILL Lake Amadeus Chirnside Victory Downs NEWLAND RANGES AYERS RANGE Kulgera Rail Head Outounya Giles Ck MT COWLE OLIA CHAIN MT HARRIS FOSTER CLIFF BENDA HILL STAINES HILLS MOUNT REYNOLDS MOUNT CECIL Ck MT BOWLEY MOUNT CARRUTHERS POTTOYU HILLS RGE NORTHERN TERRITORY SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Puntitjata) Bloods Range MOUNT BEARTAUX Mulga Park Umutju Alyapa Pilakatal Docke r River R O W L E Y R A N G E MOUNT HOPETOUN MOUNT CAVENAGH MOUNT BARROW MOUNT SIR HENRY MOUNT ROBERT MOUNT FRASER MOUNT MANN MOUNT JENKINS MOUNT SAMUEL MOUNT LE HUNT MOUNT OLGA MOUNT SKENE MOUNT CURDIE MOUNT FAGAN MOUNT MILLER MOUNT McCULLOCH MOUNT PHILLIPS ALLANAH HILL PETERMANN ABORIGINAL LAND TRUST KATITI ABORIGINAL LAND Yulara ULURU - KATA TJUTA NATIONAL PARK KATITI ABORIGINAL LAND Docker River (Kaltukatjara) MT HASTIE MANN RANGES BORDER HILL KATAMALA CONE NORTHERN TERRITORY MT COCKBURN Cu Cu Cu Ag,Cu,Pb,Au Ag,Cu,Ni,Zn Cu D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U THRUST WOODROFFE WT WT? Cu Cu PILARDI DETACHMENT ZONE WANKARI DETACHMENT ZONE MANN FAULT WOODROFFE THRUST COCKBURN SHEAR ZONE LE HUNT SHEAR ZONE MT CHARLES THRUST Cmc -- de P L P L P Ln-P L P Lz P L P Ln-P L P Lz 2 P Lvh P Lwi P L P Ln-P L P Lz P L 3+4 gb P L 6+7 ga P Lna,P L 8 ga P L P Ln-P L P Lz P L P L P L a tj gb P L de P L P L pi P L de, P L P Lku P L P L de P L de P L P L P L c tj P L b tj ,P L a tj , P L c tj P L c tj P L a tj P L 3 ng ,P Lgc P Lug P L 1 ng P L 1 ng P Ldm P L 1 ng , P Lbq, P L P Lde,P Lpi 2 vh 1 vh P L 2 vh 1 vp 2 vp , P L 1 vp de P L P L P Ln-P L P Lz de P L P L P L 2 vh P Lku, P Lde, P Lpi P Lpi P L 1 vh P L 1 vh na, P Lna 2 gb P L 2 gb P L 2 P L 2c ga P L 2d ga P L 2d ga P L 2g ga P L 2g ga P L 2f ga P L 2b ga P L 2a ga P L 2a ga P L 2a ga P L 1b gb , P L 1a gb P L 1a ga P L 1c ga P L 1b ga P L 1e ga P L 1c ga P L 1g ga P L 1h ga P L 1f ga P L 1d ga P L 1d ga P L 1e ga P L 1e ga P L 1d ga P L 1b ga P L 1b ga P L 3a ga P L 3c ga P L 3c ga P L 3b ga P L 3c ga P L 3b ga P L 3d ga P L 3e ga P L 3d ga P L 3e ga P L 3f ga , P L 3g ga , P L 4 ga , P L 2h ga P L 1i ga 5b ga L P 5a ga L P 5b ga L P P L P Ln-P L P Lz P Lga P L P Ln-P L P Lz P Lga P L P Ln-P L P Lz P L P Lga na, P L 6+7 ga L Pde,Ppi L L Pde,Ppi L ZONE BACKTHRUST BLOODS P L 3e ga P L 3d ga P L 3e ga P L 3c ga P L 3a ga P L 1a ng P L 1a ng P L 1a ng P L 1a ng P L 1a gb P L 1a ng P L 1a ng P L 1a ng 5 ga bq, P L P L 5 ga bq, P L P L P L 9a ga n- z P L P L P L 9a ga P L 9a ga n- z P L P L P L 9a ga P L 9a ga n- z P L P L n- z P L 9b ga P L P L n- z P L 9b ga P L P L P L 1a ng P L 1b ng P L 1b ng P L 8a ga P L 8b ga P L 6+7 P L 2 ng ga , P L 8a ga , P L 2 ng P L 1 ng , P L 9a ga n- z P L P L P L 4 ng P L 3 ng n- z P L 9b ga P L P L n- z P L 9b ga P L P L n- z P L 9b ga P L P L n- z P L 9b ga P L P L 129°00' 129°00' 129°30' 129°30' 130°00' 130°00' 130°30' 130°30' 131°00' 131°00' 131°30' 131°30' 132°00' 132°00' 132°30' 132°30' 133°00' 133°00' 133°30' 133°30' 134°00' 134°00' 26°00' 26°00' 25°30' 25°30' 25°00' 25°00' 24°30' d P L d P L d P L PETERMANN OROGENY 570 - 530 Ma Amata Dykes in P L Inindia beds ALICE SPRINGS OROGENY 400 - 300 Ma Cmc Larapinta Group Ol wi P L Winnall beds pi P L Pinyinna beds de P L Dean Quartzite P Lku n - P L z P L d P L d P L d P L Alcurra Dyke Swarm bl P L P Ltj a P Ltj c 1041 Ma TJAUWATA GROUP Karukali Quartzite Puntitjata Rhyolite 1075 Ma Bloods Range Beds Tjuntinanta Formation P Ltj b P L vh-1 P L vh-2 Mount Harris Basalt vp-1 P L vp-2 P L ka P L vw P L Wankari volcanics d P L Giles Complex 1080 - 1040 Ma granite 1190 - 1120 Ma granite P Lgb P Lga ug P L FREGON DOMAIN GILES EVENT PITJANTJATJARA SUPERSUITE P L 3a ga P L 3b ga P L 3c ga P L 3d ga P L 3e ga P L 3f ga P L 3g ga d P L P Lbq 1080 - 1040 Ma granite 1190 - 1120 Ma granite P Lgb P Lga P Lna MULGA PARK DOMAIN PITJANTJATJARA SUPERSUITE GILES EVENT P L 2a ga P L 2c ga P L 2h ga P L 1a ga P L 1d ga P L 1f ga P L 1g ga P L 1h ga P L 1i ga P L 2 ga P L 1 ga P L 2f ga P L 2d ga P L 2g ga P L 2b ga P L 1b ga P L 1c ga P L 1e ga Alcurra Dolerite MUSGRAVE OROGENY 1200 - 1160 Ma P Lbq P Lna P L ka pi P L de P L mc C d P L ku P L Ol d P L ug P L n - P L z P L TOPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS GEOLOGICAL SYMBOLS Cu A B Cu Geological boundary Fault showing relative displacement Thrust fault Shear zone Magnetic trend Mineral occurrence Mineral prospect Unit A overlies unit B Sealed road Unsealed road Vehicle track Railway Building Landing ground Lake River, creek Territory and State border 27°00' 27°00' 127°30' 127°30' 24°00' 24°00' 135°00' 135°00' SG 52-14 MACDONALD SG 52-02 RAWLINSON 3°45'E SG 52-06 SCOTT SG 52-10 COOPER WA SA 4°00'E NT WA SG 52-11 MOUNT RENNIE SG 52-03 BLOODS RANGE 4°15'E SG 52-07 SG 52-11 MANN 4°30'E SG 52-04 LAKE AMADEUS SG 52-16 MOUNT LIEBIG SG 52-12 WOODROFFE 4°45'E SG 53-13 HERMANNSBERG SG 53-01 HENBURY SG 53-05 KULGERA SG 53-06 FINKE SG 53-02 RODINGA SG 53-14 ALICE SPRINGS NT SA 5°45'E 5°30'E 5°15'E 5°00'E INDEX TO ADJOINING MAPS PETERMANN RANGES SG 53-09 ALBERGA SG 53-10 ABMINGA MAP LOCALITY DARWIN ALICE SPRINGS NORTHERN TERRITORY MAGNETIC DECLINATION Blue lines show magnetic declination for epoch 1995 derived from the 1995 AGRF model. Magnetic declination for is approximately 4°37' at the centre of the map. Annual change is per year easterly. Information is current for 2002. 2002 1' SG 52-08 AYERS ROCK Kulgera West Kulgera AIRBORNE SURVEY INDEX Petermann 100 m North - South 500 m 1985 Petermann NTGS Northern Territory Geological Survey record 2000/01 Client Terrain Clearance (AGL) Year Line Direction Line Spacing Survey 1988 500 m North - South 100 m NTGS Petermann East 1987 500 m North - South 100 m NTGS 1986 500 m North - South 100 m NTGS 1981 500 m North - South 100 m NTGS Ayers Rock Kulgera West Kulgera Reference: Slater KR, 2000, Northern Territory airborne geophysical survey specifications. Ayers Rock East Petermann O c FIRST EDITION 2004 Northern Territory Geological Survey R Brescianini, Director, Northern Territory Geological Survey MUSGRAVE BLOCK INTEGRATED INTERPRETATION OF GEOPHYSICS AND GEOLOGY NORTHEN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT 2004 SCALE 1:500 000 0 10 20 30 40 PROJECTION: ALBERS EQUAL AREA SPHEROID: GRS 80 STANDARD PARALLELS: 13°30' and 23°30' CENTRAL MERIDIAN: 133°30' 10 50 Kilometres Pseudocolour image of the reduced to pole TMI with a synthetic sun illumination from the northeast. 50 100 0 150 kilometres 24°30' 129°00 129°00 26°00' 130°30' 24°30' 131°00' 25°00' 25°30' 134°00' 26°00' 134°00' 50 100 0 150 Kilometres 129°00 26°00' 129°00 24°30' 130°30' 24°30' 131°00' 25°30' 134°00' 134°00' -600 -1000 -700 -400 -300 -1300 -1100 -500 -1200 25°30' 26°00' 50 100 0 150 Kilometres 24°30' 129°00 129°00 26°00' 130°30' 24°30' 131°00' 25°00' 25°30' 134°00' 26°00' 134°00' MUSGRAVE BLOCK NORTHERN TERRITORY AUSTRALIA 1:500 000 INTERPRETED GEOLOGY P Lwi P L vh 2 P L vh 1 P Ltj a P Ltj b P Ltj c P L 3e ga P L 3g ga P L 3f ga P L 4 ga P L 2 ng P L 9a ga P L 9b ga 5a ga L P 5b ga L P WARNING: Colours will fade with prolonged exposure to light. 5a ga L P P L 9a ga P L 6+7 ga P L 4 ga Northern Territory Government Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development 5b ga L P P L 3 ga d P L P L 1a gb P L 1b gb MAGNETIC IMAGE GRAVITY IMAGE -3 Gravity data acquired by Geoscience Australia Pseudocolour image of Bouguer gravity calculated using a density of 2.67 tm . Contour interval 50 -3 Semi-transparent pseudocolour image of a high-pass filtered Bouguer gravity (density 2.67 tm ), draped over an intensity layer representing the first verticle derivative of the TMI GRAVITY-MAGNETIC COMPOSITE IMAGE ORDOVICIAN CAMBRIAN NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOPROTEROZOIC PROTEROZOIC PALAEOZOIC MUSGRAVE BLOCK AMADEUS BASIN P L 6+7 ga P L 1a ga P L 1i ga P L 1b ga P L 1c ga P L 1d ga P L 1e ga P L 1f ga P L 1g ga P L 1h ga P L 3d ga P L 3c ga P L 3a ga P L 3b ga P L 2b ga P L 2c ga P L 2d ga P L 2f ga P L 2g ga P L 2h ga P L 2a ga P L 8a ga P L 8b ga P L 1a ng P L 1b ng P L 3+4 gb P L 2 gb bl P L vw P L P L vp 2 P L vp 1 P L 4 ng P L 3 ng P L 1 gb 4 3 4 P Lgb P Lin P L vp P Lvh P Ltj (a-c) P L 2 ga P L 3 ga L P L P 5 ga P L 8 ga P Lng n - P L z P L P Lga P L 9b ga P L 1a gb P L 1b gb P L 2 gb P L 3+4 gb P L 8a ga P L 1a ng P L 2 ng P L 8b ga P L 1b ng Increasing thickness of sediments L P L P ga P L 1 ga P Lna + - + - Musgravian gneiss (1600 - 1540 Ma) Musgravian gneiss (1600 - 1540 Ma) P Lna Mount Currie Conglomerate n - P L z P L P L 9a ga RIFT SUCCESSION -2 l um.s Larapinta Group - Sandstone, minor siltstone and conglomeratic sandstone: no distinctive magnetic responses Mount Currie Conglomerate - Conglomerate with clasts of volcanics, granite and basalt: no distinctive magnetic responses Undivided rocks of the Amadeus Basin: no distinctive magnetic responses Winnall beds - Sandstone, minor siltstone: no distinctive magnetic responses Inindia beds - Sandstone, siltstone: no distinctive magnetic responses Amata Dolerite - Dolerite dykes, gabbro: no distinctive magnetic responses Pinyinna beds - Quartz-muscovite phyllite, dolostone: weakly magnetic Dean Quartzite - Quartz sandstone: non-magnetic Kulail Sandstone - Quartz sandstone: no distinctive magnetic responses Dolerite dykes, gabbro: no distinctive magnetic responses Giles Event 1080-1040 Ma Granite Angatja Suite Porphyritic granite, variably mylonitised: moderately magnetic Coarsely porphyritic granite, variably mylonitised: moderate-highly magnetic Hull Suite - Granophyre and granite: weakly-moderately magnetic Michell Nob Granite, Nulchara Charnockite - Granite and charnockite: weakly-moderately magnetic Alcurra Dolerite - Dolerite dykes: no distinctive magnetic responses Giles Complex - Pyroxenite and norite: dominantly weakly magnetic, some intensely magnetic responses, high Bouguer gravity responses Tjauwata Group Bloods Range Formation - Schist, schistose quartz conglomerate: no distinctive magnetic responses Wankari Volcanics - Rhyolite: non-magnetic Puntitjata Rhyolite Rhyolite: highly magnetic Rhyolite: non-magnetic to weakly magnetic Mount Harris Basalt Basalt: highly magnetic Basalt: non-magnetic to weakly magnetic Tjuninanta Formation Basalt: highly magnetic Quartzite, schist: moderately-highly magnetic Volcaniclastics: moderately-highly magnetic Karukali quartzite - Quartz sandstone: no distinctive magnetic responses Pitjantjatjara Supersuite 1190-1120 Ma Pottoyu Suite Dacite: highly magnetic Coarsely porphyritic foliated granite: highly magnetic, few or no magnetic trends Coarsely porphyritic foliated granite: highly magnetic, few or no magnetic trends; linear NW-trending continuous magnetic features Coarsely porphyritic foliated granite: moderately-highly magnetic, many magnetic trends, strongly foliated Coarsely porphyritic foliated granite: intensely magnetic, deep magnetic source Fine- to medium-grained foliated biotite granite: moderately magnetic, low Bouguer gravity responses Fine- to medium-grained foliated biotite granite: highly magnetic with WNW arcuate trends, low Bouguer gravity responses Fine- to medium-grained foliated biotite granite: weakly magnetic, low Bouguer gravity responses Granite: no distinctive magnetic responses Mantarrur Suite Finely porphyritic to equigranular foliated granite: highly-intensely magnetic Finely porphyritic to equigranular foliated granite: weakly magnetic Foliated granite: highly-intensely magnetic Coarsely porphyritic foliated granite: highly magnetic Coarsely porphyritic foliated granite: highly magnetic Coarsely porphyritic foliated granite: moderately-highly magnetic Fine- to medium-grained granite: highly magnetic, with intensely magnetic trends Umutju Suite Porphyritic granite: intensely magnetic, expected low Bouguer gravity responses are masked by unknown denser material at depth Porphyritic granite: moderately-intensely magnetic, expected low Bouguer gravity responses are masked by unknown denser material at depth Porphyritic granite: weakly magnetic Granite, variably deformed: moderately-highly magnetic, some higher magnetic trends south of Woodroffe Thrust, expected low Bouguer gravity responses are masked by unknown denser material at depth Granite, variably deformed: highly-intensely magnetic, expected low Bouguer gravity responses are masked by unknown denser material at depth Porphyritic granite, variably deformed: highly-intensely magnetic Coarsely porphyritic granite, variably deformed: moderately-highly magnetic Walal Granite - Porphyritic granite and granodiorite, variably deformed: weakly magnetic Kulpitjata Suite Porphyritic biotite granite, variably deformed: weakly-moderately magnetic Porphyritic biotite granite, variably deformed: moderately magnetic Ayers Range Granite, Kulgera Granite - Granite monzonite, quartz monzonite: intensively magnetic Umbeara granites Biotite and biotite-muscovite granite, variably foliated: moderately-highly magnetic Biotite and biotite-muscovite granite, variably foliated: intensely magnetic Biotite-muscovite granite, garnet, unfoliated: moderately-highly magnetic Biotite-muscovite granite, garnet, unfoliated: highly magnetic Musgravian gneiss - Amphibolite facies migmatitic felsic gneiss, minor metasedimentary and mafic rocks: highly magnetic Strained quartzite: moderately-highly magnetic Musgravian gneiss - Granulite facies Granulite facies felsic gneiss: moderately-highly magnetic Granulite facies felsic gneiss: weakly magnetic Peraluminous gneiss: moderately to highly magnetic Granulite facies layered mafic and felsic gneiss: no distinctive magnetic responses Gneissic granite: highly magnetic Geological input: 1988-1989 Petermann 1:100 000, N Duncan 1989-1996 Ayers Rock 1:250 000 A Camacho, N Duncan, T Madigan, D Young, P Ferenczi 1995-1996 Petermann Ranges 1:250 000, IR Scrimgeour, DF Close, CJ Edgoose, A Cutovinos 1997-1998 Bloods Range 1:250 000, DF Close, CJ Edgoose, IR Scrimgeour 1986-1989 Kulgera 1:250 000, CJ Edgoose, A Camacho, GA Wakelin-King, M Freeman, S Wyche, RA Stidolph 1992/1999 Umbeara 1:100 000, N Duncan, A Stewart / CJ Edgoose, DF Close Geophysical interpretation: 2000 KR Slater Compiled: 2001-2004 CJ Edgoose, DF Close Refer to this map as: SLATER KR, 2004, Musgrave Block Special,Northern Territory, Integrated Interpretation of Geophysics and Geology, 1:500 000-scale map . Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin and Alice Springs. Associated map: EDGOOSE CJ, CLOSE DF and SCRIMGEOUR IR, 2004. Musgrave Block Special, Northern Territory (First Edition) 1:500 000-scale geological map. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin and Alice Springs. Accompanying text publication: EDGOOSE CJ, SCRIMGEOUR IR and CLOSE DF, 2004. Geology of the Musgrave Block, Northern Territory. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Report 15. Cartography: 2001-2004 S Carter, G Dempster, D Lambton-Young, L Heard Latest edited plot created: 24 May 2004 The Northern Territory Government does not warrant this map as definitive, nor free from error and does not accept liability for loss caused by, or arising from reliance upon information provided herein. Produced by, and plot on demand created by Northern Territory Geological Survey, Cartographic Services, Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development, Alice Springs, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Mines and Energy, the Honourable KONSTANTINE (KON) VATSKALIS, MLA. Base map compiled by NTGS from 1:250 000-scale topographic data supplied by the National Mapping Division, Geoscience Australia, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. DIGITAL DATA: Map data is stored in MapInfo and Microstation format (DGN). Map information can be obtained from NTGS as hardcopy plots and/or digital files. Information on formats and release conditions are available from NTGS Minerals and Energy Information Centre, 3rd floor Centrepoint Building, Darwin. Phone (08) 8999 6443 or Arid Zone Research Institute, South Stuart Highway, Alice Springs. Phone (08) 89518177 or visit the NTGS website at www.minerals.nt.gov.au/ntgs.
