Victoria Basin
Lithology: | Sedimentary: dolostone, sandstone, limestone, shale. | |
Epoch Min: | Neoproterozoic. | |
Epoch Max: | Neoproterozoic. | |
Age Min: | 700 Ma. | |
Age Max: | 850 Ma. | |
Summary: | An intracratonic sedimentary basin that formed as part of the Centralian Superbasin and extends into Western Australia. | |
Relationship: | Unconformably overlies Palaeoproterozoic Pine Creek Orogen and Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Birrindudu Basin. Unconformably overlain by Neoproterozoic Wolfe Basin, Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic Wiso Basin, Palaeozoic Daly Basin and Cambrian Kalkarindji Province. | |
Thickness: | Up to 950 m. | |
Economic: | No major mineral occurrences. Potential for sediment hosted base metal deposits and uranium. | |
Metamorphism: | Unmetamorphosed. | |
Main Reference: | Dunster JN and Ahmad M, 2013. Chapter 26: Victoria 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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