Musgrave Province
Lithology: | Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary: felsic and mafic gneiss, granite, charnockite, minor metasedimentary gneiss. Localised rift sediments and bimodal volcanics. | |
Epoch Min: | Mesoproterozoic. | |
Epoch Max: | Mesoproterozoic. | |
Age Min: | 1050 Ma. | |
Age Max: | 1600 Ma. | |
Summary: | A Mesoproterozoic basement province that includes mafic, felsic and metasedimentary gneiss, voluminous granite, and a late Mesoproterozoic rift succession with bimodal volcanics. | |
Relationship: | Unconformably overlain by, and is faulted against Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic Amadeus Basin to the north and Palaeozoic Pedirka and Mesozoic Eromanga basins to the east. | |
Thickness: | N/A. | |
Economic: | Hosts minor base metal and gold occurrences. Significant nickel, copper, cobalt and PGE mineralisation occurs in adjacent regions of Western Australia. | |
Metamorphism: | Granulite to greenschist facies. | |
Main Reference: | Close DF, 2013. Chapter 21: Musgrave Province: 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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