L P2 -- CO -- C1b -- C2 -- C3 -- C1 -- C -- CO -- C2 -- C1 Qa Cz O P10 L 4 P10 L 3 P10 L 2 P10 L 1 2500 1850 1800 MURPHY METAMORPHICS WARRAMUNGA FORMATION FINNISS RIVER GROUP MT PARTRIDGE GROUP TENNANT REGION TANAMI REGION MURPHY INLIER FELSIC VOLCANICS MAFIC VOLCANICS MAFIC INTRUSIVES McARTHUR BASIN PEDIRKA AND EROMANGA BASINS ARUMBERA, YUENDUMU 100 200 300 400 500 BROWNS RANGE DOME, BILLABONG COMPLEX RISING SUN CONGLOMERATE DUERDIN GROUP ROPER GROUP RENNER GROUP ARCHAEAN PALAEOPROTEROZOIC MESOPROTEROZOIC NEOPROTEROZOIC NAMERINI SUBGROUP CLIFFDALE VOLCANICS FICKLING GROUP DOOMADGEE FORMATION 1700 1600 AREYONGA, ARALKA VICTORIA- BIRRINDUDU BASIN STRATIGRAPHY RECOGNISED HERMIT CREEK, MYRA FALLS METAMORPHICS STH ALLIGATOR GROUP 1860 545 Ma PARSONS RANGE, TAWALLAH AND KATHERINE RIVER GROUPS Greywacke, shale, siltstone, sandstone Greywacke, shale, siltstone Sandstone, shale Sandstone, dolostone, magnesite Granite, gneiss, schist, BIF KAKADU AND NAMOONA GROUPS Greywacke, shale, siltstone, hematitic shales Greywacke, shale, siltstone Felsic volcanics Felsic volcanics Felsic volcanics Sandstone, conglomerate, greywacke Bimodal volcanics, dolostone Sandstone, conglomerate Sandstone Sandstone Dolostone, shale Dolostone, limestone, sandstone Sandstone, dolostone, shale Sandstone, shale Mudstone, shale Sandstone, shale, mudstone Sandstone, limestone Sandstone, salt Sandstone, shale, dolostone Sandstone, flood basalt Jk DC J Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale Sandstone, shale Sandstone, shale, dolostone QUARTERNARY CAMBRIAN SILURIAN DEVONIAN ORDOVICIAN CARBONIFEROUS PERMIAN TRIASSIC JURASSIC CRETACEOUS Jk J T P Sandstone, shale Felsic volcanics Flood basalt Sandstone P5f UPPER HATCHES CREEK GROUP Sandstone, shale Sandstone, shale Sandstone, conglomerate Sandstone Dolostone Sandstone 1000 Sandstone, shale Sandstone, conglomerate b2 Note : Chronometric scale is non-linear. McARTHUR AND BALMA GROUPS NATHAN AND MT RIGG GROUPS 1000 A TERTIARY * * * * * * * * * * Units not exposed Sand, clay, calcrete and lucastrine limestone in inland palaeodrainage; fluvial sandstone and siltstone on Bathurst and Melville Islands 70 0 Sand, silt and clay in coastal esturies PINE CREEK OROGEN Siltstone, shale, sandstone GRANITE/GNEISS WATTIE AND BULLITA GROUPS MONEY SHOAL, BONAPARTE, ARAFURA AND CARPENTARIA BASINS Dolostone, limestone, sandstone Limestone, shale Sandstone, dolostone, limestone, diamictite WELLTREE METAMORPHICS, NOURLANGIE SCHIST Gneiss, schist, calc-silicate, para- amphibolite, metabasite LIMBUNYA GROUP METAMORPHIC TERRAINS IGNEOUS COMPLEXES Granite, gneiss, schist Tuff, shale, phyllite, chert Carbonaceous shale, BIF, shale, dolostone Mafic volcanics Mafic volcanics Dolostone, shale, sandstone Dolostone, shale, siltstone, chert, sandstone Dolostone, shale, siltstone, sandstone Quartzite, sandstone, conglomerate, dolostone, limestone, salt Siltstone, dolostone, limestone, sandstone, diamictite Sandstone, limestone, siltstone Sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone Sandstone, conglomerate Sandstone, limestone, shale, coal, diamictite Sandstone, shale, limestone Sandstone, shale, coal Shale, sandstone Shale, sandstone Sandstone, shale, coal Sandstone, shale, coal ALICE SPRINGS OROGENY 400-300 MUSGRAVE OROGENY 1200-1160 PETERMANN OROGENY 570-530 Conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone, diamictite HEAVITREE, BITTER SPRINGS * * L P1 L P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 L L L L L L L Migmatitic metapelite, metabasite, gneiss, calc-silicate, marble, quartzite Amphibolite LARAPINTA EVENT 480-460 PIONEER, OLYMPIC, PERTATATAKA Felsic and pelitic gneiss/schist, orthoquartzite, amphibolite, migmatite, calc-silicate MUSGRAVE BLOCK b1 Limestone, sandstone Felsic and mafic gneiss, schist, quartzite Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale, coal, diamictite BIF, carbonaceous shale, siltstone, chert, sandstone, dolerite WARE GROUP STRANGWAYS COMPLEX LANDER ROCK FORMATION KILLI KILLI FORMATION 1 N5 2 N5 Felsic and mafic gneiss, metavolcanics, metapelite Greywacke, siltstone, shale, schist, gneiss Sandstone, siltstone Greywacke, siltstone, shale Sandstone, volcaniclastic sandstone TJAUWATA GROUP CHEWINGS OROGENY 1590-1570 2000 b6 f6 g6 d6 f7 g7 d7 g8 b8 b9 d9 g9 g5 f5 f4 g4 d4 d5 b5 f9 Bimodal volcanics, sandstone, quartzite, conglomerate, red-beds Schist, slate, siltstone, calc-silicate, amphibolite, quartzite CENTRALIAN SUPERBASIN STRANGWAYS EVENT 1730-1700 STAFFORD EVENT 1810-1800 YAMBAH EVENT 1780-1760 b7 Ar Ar P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 M6 M6b M7 M8 M9 D7 D9 D6b T5f T5 T4 N4 Y4 Y5 N5f V6 V7 V8 V9 L9 L8 L7 L6b L6 M10 D10 V10 ARUNTA REGION AMADEUS, NGALIA, DALY, GEORGINA AND WISO BASINS C D S S D P T K K Pn RUM JUNGLE AND NANAMBU COMPLEXES SOUTH NICHOLSON BASIN SOUTH NICHOLSON GROUP 2 A5 1 A5 A6 U8 U9 A10 A10d HARTS RANGE COMPLEX BUKALARA SANDSTONE, WESSEL GROUP TENNANT REGION AUVERGNE, FITZMAURICE AND TIJUNNA GROUPS MADDERNS YARD, YAYA AND IWUPATAKA COMPLEXES PARGEE SANDSTONE, TOLMER AND BIRRINDUDU GROUPS PETERS CREEK VOLCANICS, WIRE CREEK SANDSTONE REYNOLDS RANGE GROUP, CADNEY METAMORPHICS BUSTARD, EDITH RIVER AND EL SHERANA GROUPS OORADIDGEE AND LOWER HATCHES CREEK GROUPS D6 ?1500 ?2050 LIEBIG OROGENY 1640-1630 TANAMI EVENT 1830 TENNANT EVENT 1850-1840 NIMBUWAH EVENT 1860-1850 DEAD BULLOCK FORMATION A7 BARRAMUNDI OROGENY 1860-1840 WESTERN AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND NEW SOUTH WALES TASMANIA VICTORIA A U S T R A L I A NORTHERN TERRITORY SOUTH AUSTRALIA RIVER KING Wildman River River Dry River SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER KATHERINE RIVER Jim Jim Creek Murgenella Creek Napperby Creek Coopers Creek RIVER FINKE RIVER Ingallan Creek Elsey Creek Birdum Creek McMinn Creek Waterhouse River Newcastle Creek PALMER RIVER HANSON RIVER ROPER RIVER King River HANSON CREEK LAKE WOODS Tomkinson Creek Cattle Creek Flying Fox Creek Goomadeer River Strangways River Attack Creek Bootu Creek McKinlay Creek Mainoru River Mann River HUGH RIVER Taylor Creek HODGSON RIVER Jalboi River Liverpool River Wycliffe Creek WILTON RIVER TODD Muller Creek Gosse River ARNOLD RIVER Cadwell River Attack Creek BLYTH RIVER Lagoon Creek Imimbar Creek Tanumbirini Creek Mountain Creek Goyder Creek FINKE RIVER Annie Creek ELKEDRA RIVER GLYDE RIVER GOYDER RIVER Woolen River COX RIVER Walker River HALE RIVER Rose River Gulbuwangay River SANDOVER RIVER BUNDEY RIVER Frew River RIVER Prentice Lake Cresswell Creek LIMMEN BIGHT RIVER Koolatong River Maidjunga River Playford River MC ARTHUR RIVER Rosie Creek Boree Creek Brunette Batten Creek Puzzle Creek GLYDE RIVER Illogwa Creek Buchanan Creek Cato River The Fletcher PLENTY RIVER WEARYAN RIVER RANKEN RIVER FOELSCHE RIVER Fish Hole Creek ROBINSON RIVER Lorne Creek HAY RIVER Manners Creek Gordon Creek James River Carrara River CALVERT RIVER Marqua Creek Herbert River South Nicholson River Gold Creek FIELD RIVER Milne River Branch Creek Settlement Creek Running Creek Negri River Mistake Creek Behn River KEEP RIVER Stirling Creek Sturt Creek Maud Creek Leichhardt Creek Bullo River MOYLE RIVER Snake Creek L A K E N E A L E Hooker Creek West Baines River BAINES RIVER Giles or Wattie Creek East Baines River VICTORIA RIVER FITZMAURICE RIVER VICTORIA RIVER DALY RIVER Ikymbon River WICKHAM RIVER Depot Creek Tjipripu River Fish River L A K E A M A D E U S Battle Creek VICTORIA Gregory Creek Angalarri River Winnecke Creek RIVER Armstrong River Johnston River Townshend Creek Delamere DALY RIVER Cattle Creek FLORA RIVER Deering Creek Aroona Creek Mathison Creek MARY RIVER LANDER RIVER EAST ALLIGATOR Alligator West Cr Ck NONGRA LAKE LAKE BUCK LAKE LEWIS TARRABOOL LAKE RIVER ADELAIDE LAKE MACKAY JUNCTION BAY FOG BAY DARWIN MILINGIMBI TRUANT ISLAND GOVE PORT LANGDON PINE CREEK CAPE SCOTT PORT KEATS KATHERINE URAPUNGA ROPER RIVER PELLEW MOUNT YOUNG LARRIMAH DELAMERE AUVERGNE WATERLOO DALY WATERS TANUMBIRINI ROBINSON RIVER WALLHALLOW CALVERT HILLS BEETALOO HELEN SPRINGS LIMBUNYA BIRRINDUDU TANAMI TANAMI EAST TENNANT CREEK LANDER RIVER MOUNT PEAKE BARROW CREEK ALROY FREW RIVER RANKEN AVON DOWNS ELKEDRA TOBERMOREY HUCKITTA HAY RIVER ALCOOTA ALICE SPRINGS NAPPERBY HERMANNSBURG LAKE AMADEUS HENBURY RODINGA AYERS ROCK KULGERA FINKE MOUNT THEO MOUNT DOREEN LAKE MACKAY MOUNT RENNIE BLOODS RANGE MOUNT LIEBIG HALE RIVER McDILLS WAVE HILL BONNEY WELL BLUE MUD BAY MOUNT EVELYN BATHURST ISLAND ARNHEM BAY MELVILLE ISLAND COBOURG PENINSULA ALLIGATOR RIVER WESSEL ISLANDS CAPE BEATRICE MOUNT MARUMBA FERGUSSON RIVER HODGSON DOWNS VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS BAUHINIA DOWNS NEWCASTLE WATERS BRUNETTE DOWNS MOUNT DRUMMOND WINNECKE CREEK SOUTH LAKE WOODS GREEN SWAMP WELL MOUNT SOLITAIRE SANDOVER RIVER THE GRANITES HIGHLAND ROCKS ILLOGWA CREEK PETERMANN RANGES SIMPSON DESERT NORTH SIMPSON DESERT SOUTH Younger basins Central Australian platform cover North Australian platform cover Orogenic domains Archaean basement inliers MURPHY INLIER LAWN HILL PLATFORM ARAFURA BASIN DALY BASIN PINE CREEK OROGEN MONEY SHOAL BASIN ASHBURTON PROVINCE DAVENPORT PROVINCE TENNANT REGION CARPENTARIA BASIN ARNHEM INLIER BONAPARTE BASIN ORD BASIN VICTORIA- BIRRINDUDU BASIN WISO BASIN McARTHUR BASIN CARPENTARIA BASIN DUNMARRA BASIN IRINDINA PROVINCE NGALIA BASIN ARUNTA REGION WARRAMUNGA PROVINCE TANAMI REGION AMADEUS BASIN EROMANGA BASIN CANNING BASIN WARUMPI PROVINCE MURRABA BASIN PEDIRKA BASIN SOUTH NICHOLSON BASIN GEORGINA BASIN HALLS CREEK OROGEN VICTORIA- BIRRINDUDU BASIN AILERON PROVINCE WOLFE CREEK BASIN MUSGRAVE PROVINCE AMADEUS BASIN AMADEUS BASIN EROMANGA BASIN MURRABA BASIN AILERON PROVINCE AILERON PROVINCE AILERON PROVINCE Qa Qa Qa M6b Pn K K K Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Qa Cz Cz Cz Cz K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K g9 g9 P10 L 2 P10 L 2 P10 L 3 P10 L 3 P10 L 4 P10 L 2 P10 L 2 P10 L 3 P10 L 4 P1 P1 P2 P3 P2 P3 P3 P3 P4 P3 P4 P4 P4 P4 P4 P4 P4 P5 P5 P5 P5f P5f P5f T5f T4 T4 T5 T5 T5 T5f N5f g5 g5 D D D D D D D D P P P P P P P S S S S S C K U8 U8 U8 U8 U8 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6 M6b M6b M6b M7 M7 M7 M7 M8 M8 M8 M8 M8 M8 M8 M8 M9 M9 M9 M9 M9 M10 M10 M10 M10 M10 M10 M10 M10 M6 M6 M6 M9 M8 D6 D6 D6 D6b D7 D7 D9 -- C -- C -- C -- C -- C -- C -- C1 -- C1 -- C1 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C2 -- C3 -- CO -- C3 -- C3 -- C2 -- C2 -- C3 -- C2 Cz -- CO -- C3 O -- C2 -- C3 P10 L 2 P10 L 3 D g5 g6 -- C1b M6 P5 d4 d4 d4 d4 d4 d4 d4 d4 d6 d4 d6 d6 d6 d6 d6 d6 d6 -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b Ar Ar Ar V6 V6 V6 V7 V8 V9 V9 V9 V9 V9 V10 V10 V10 V10 d4 P4 g6 -- C1 P10 L 1 d9 U8 P10 L 3 P10 L 4 d9 d9 d9 d9 d9 d9 d9 g6 T5 T5 T5 b5 D6 Cz D6 -- C1b d9 D10 Y4 M10 Y4 f6 L7 L6 L6b L8 L7 Y4 L6 Y5 f6 g6 K Cz Cz M10 M9 -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b Cz b8 K K Qa K P4 f5 P1 Pn g5 g5 g5 d4 d4 Pn d4 f4 f4 b2 M6 Qa -- C3 Qa Qa K f6 f6 f6 f6 d9 f5 d9 P4 Pn Pn M10 d9 b9 L9 f4 g4 M7 M6b Pn T5f T5f f4 f4 T5f d9 g6 g4 g4 g6 g5 O P10 L 1 P10 L 1 O O O Cz g6 O g4 Cz Cz g5 g5 K K Cz Cz K K g4 K g5 g5 g5 -- CO g5 K O K g5 K K g5 K g5 g5 g4 g5 g4 g5 -- C1 P10 L 4 P10 L 4 P10 L 4 N4 d5 M10 f6 Y5 M6 M6 M6 b1 b1 O O Cz -- C1b -- C1b -- C1b g5 g5 g5 g5 g5 g5 g5 g5 D g6 g6 g6 g6 g6 P 1 A5 2 A5 2 A5 2 A5 2 A5 1 N5 1 N5 2 N5 N5f b6 b6 2 N5 1 N5 2 N5 2 N5 N5f 2 N5 A6 g6 g6 g6 g6 g6 P10 L 2 P10 L 1 A10 2 A5 A6 A6 d5 d5 d6 A7 A7 A7 d5 N4 A10d K g7 g7 g7 g7 g9 g9 U9 P10 L 1 P10 L 3 O S O P10 L 4 P10 L 1 f9 f7 b7 d7 d7 P10 L 1 P10 L 4 P10 L 1 Cz S O -- C P10 L 4 g5 f7 T5 g5 g5 g5 g6 1 N5 N4 Ar g6 1 A5 g6 g8 g6 d5 P10 L 1 N4 g5 A6 A6 g8 g7 D -- CO O P10 L 1 g6 g5 g6 A6 g6 g6 g8 P10 L 4 1 A5 g5 1 A5 T5 1 A5 d5 g5 d5 1 A5 T5 g6 P10 L 4 d6 d6 g5 g5 g5 N4 A6 d7 d7 P10 L 1 C P10 L 1 P10 L 1 1 A5 1 A5 g6 g6 2 A5 2 A5 2 A5 1 N5 g5 A6 P10 L 3 D P10 L 3 d5 d5 O P10 L 3 P10 L 3 P10 L 1 1 A5 SIR EDWARD PELLEW GROUP MARIA ISLAND GROOTE EYLANDT GULF OF CARPENTARIA CAPE DON MELVILLE ISLAND BATHURST ISLAND TIMOR SEA VAN DIEMEN GULF BEAGLE GULF JOSEPH BONAPARTE GULF ARAFURA SEA PERON ISLANDS WESSEL ISLANDS A6 STUART HIGHWAY STUART HIGHWAY HIGHWAY HIGHWAY CARPENTARIA HIGHWAY ROPER HIGHWAY PLENTY SANDOVER HIGHWAY BARKLY HIGHWAY TABLELANDS HIGHWAY HIGHWAY BUNTINE VICTORIA HIGHWAY LASSETER TANAMI ARNHEM HIGHWAY KAKADU HIGHWAY HIGHWAY BUCHANAN ROAD KATHERINE Cooinda Minjilang Jabiru Hermannsburg Oenpelli Mataranka Birdum Larrimah Kulgera Daly Waters Warruwi Ti-Tree Dunmarra Elliott ALICE SPRINGS Barrow Creek Wauchope TENNANT CREEK Maningrida Wycliffe Well Finke Ngukurr Ramingining Milingimbi Galiwinku Numbulwar Gapuwiyak Borroloola Angurugu Umbakumba Yirrkala Kaltukatjara (Docker River) Wadeye Tanami Palumpa Peppimenarti Pularumpi Lajamanu Nguiu Paru Milikapiti Yulara Kalkarindji Daguragu Pickertaramoor Curtin Springs Yuendumu Kunparrka (Haasts Bluff) Papunya Burrundie Pine Creek DARWIN Timber Creek Curung Ali- Murenella Bulman Nhulunbuy Alyangula Milyakburra Barunga Maranboy Adelaide River Renner Springs Newcastle Waters Rabbit Flat Top Springs Hart Range Areyonga GEOLOGICAL MAP of the NORTHERN TERRITORY SCALE 1:2 500 000 SCALE 1 : 10 000 000 GEOLOGICAL REGIONS SYMBOLS Geological boundary......................... Main road.......................................... Secondary road................................. Albers Equal Area Projection Central Meridian 133°30' EAST Standard Parallels 13°30' and 23°30' SOUTH Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) Watercourse...................................... 1:250 000 geological map sheet....... Railway.............................................. SIMPSON DESERT SOUTH SOUTH AUSTRALIA Q U E E N S L A N D W E S T E R N A U S T R A L I A 132°E 132°E 135°E 135°E 129°E 129°E 138°E 138°E 24°S 24°S 21°S 21°S 18°S 18°S 15°S 15°S 12°S 12°S 26°S 26°S O c NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT 2006 GEOLOGICAL MAP of the NORTHERN TERRITORY 2006 edition Northern Territory Geological Survey 0 100 200 300 400 500 km Richard Brescianini, Director, Northern Territory Geological Survey Central Australian Platform Cover North Australian Platform Cover Archaean Basement Inliers Orogenic Domains Younger basins 50 0 50 100 150 200 WARNING: Colours will fade with prolonged exposure to light SCALE 1 : 10 000 000 500 km 400 300 0 100 200 High Intensity Low Intensity TOTAL MAGNETIC INTENSITY 250 km Compiled: M Ahmad and IR Scrimgeour 2006. Compiled using overlays from the complete coverage of First Edition, and partial coverage of Second Edition 1:250 000 geological maps, published by the Northern Territory Geological Survey and Geoscience Australia; augmented by preliminary bedrock interpretations in selected areas from high-resolution airborne magnetic surveys. Palaeo-drainages are from information supplied by Natural Resources Division, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts. Cartography: IM Burgan. Produced by the Northern Territory Geological Survey, Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, Darwin, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Mines and Energy, the Honourable KONSTANTINE (KON) VATSKALIS, MLA. This map is available from Minerals and Energy Information Centre, 3rd Floor Centrepoint Building, Darwin. Phone (61) 8 89996443, Fax (61) 8 89995221. Email [email protected]. The recommended reference for this map is: Ahmad M and Scrimgeour IR, 2006. Geological map of the Northern Territory, 1:2 500 000 scale. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin. Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines Fault; thrust.......................................