Eromanga Basin
| Lithology: | Sedimentary: sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, coal, shale, red beds. |
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Epoch Min: | Cretaceous. | |
Epoch Max: | Jurassic. | |
Age Min: | 65 Ma. | |
Age Max: | 205 Ma. | |
Summary: | Unmetamorphosed and relatively undeformed intracratonic basin. | |
| Relationship: | Unconformably overlies the Carboniferous-Triassic Pedirka Basin and non-outcropping Cambrian -?Devonian Warburton Basin. Both basins are unconformable on metamorphic rocks of the Palaeo-Neoproterozoic Aileron Province and Mesoproterozoic Musgrave Province. | |
| Thickness: | Up to 4 km. | |
| Economic: | Moderate oil shows are found within the Northern Territory portion of the Basin. Historical mining of ochre. Minor coal, manganese and opal occurrences. | |
| Metamorphism: | Unmetamorphosed. | |
| Main Reference: | Munson TJ, 2013. Chapter 41: Eromanga Basin: in Ahmad M and Munson TJ (compilers) ‘Geology and Mineral Resources of the Northern Territory’. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Special Publication 5 | |
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