Update on Geophysical Data Acquisition February 2009
| Location | State | Survey | % Complete | Gravity Stations | Flight Lines | Spacing | Ground Clearance | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Kimberley | WA | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | N/A | N/A | 163,000 line km; north-south area of 57,920 km2 | 400 m | 60 m | The survey will cover parts of the Lennard River, Lansdowne, Noonkanbah, Mount Ramsay, Mount Bannerman 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Dumbleyung | WA | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | N/A | N/A | 75,400 line km; north-south area of 7,783 km2 | 100 m and 400 m apart | 30 m and 60 m respectively | Requests for quotation closed on 8 January for the provision of magnetic and radiometric data over the South-West Catchment region of Western Australia. The survey covers parts of the Dumbleyung and Corrigin 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Byro | WA | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | N/A | N/A | 83,855 line km; east-west Area 29,750 km2 | 400 m | 60 m | Requests for quotation closed on Tuesday 15 January for the provision of magnetic and radiometric data over the Byro region of Western Australia. The survey covers parts of the Wooramel, Glenburgh, Yaringa and Byro 1:250 000 Map sheets. |
| Darkan-Wagin | WA | Airborne electromagnetic | N/A | N/A | 1,820 line km; north-south 289 km2 | 200 m | N/A | Requests for quotation close on Thursday 7 February for the provision of airborne electromagnetic data over the Dardanine palaeochannel in South-West Catchment region of Western Australia. The survey covers parts of the Darkan and Wagin 1:100 000 Map Sheets. |
| Croydon | Qld | Airborne and Radiometric | 100% | N/A | 100,000 line km; east-west area of 35,310 km2 | 400 m | 80 m | Data acquisition was completed on 21 September 2007. The survey covers parts of the Burketown, Normanton, Donors Hill, Croydon and Millungera 1:250 000 Map Sheets. The planned release date for the Croydon survey data is 8 February 2008. |
| Charters Towers | Qld | Gravity | 100% | 15,310 new stations | N/A | 4.0 km grid in Area A; 2.0 km grid in Area B; | N/A | Data acquisition was completed on 6 December 2007. The survey covers all or portions of the Einasleigh, Ingham, Clarke River, Townsville, Hughenden, Charters Towers, Bowen, Tangorin, Buchanan and Mount Coolon standard 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Westmoreland | Qld | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 100% | N/A | 59,753 line km; north-south over an area of approx 20,710 km2 | 400 m | 60 m | Data acquisition was completed on 7 December 2007. The survey covers parts of the Mornington, Westmoreland, Cape Van Dieman and Burketown 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Cooper Basin East | Qld | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 4.9% | N/A | 214,352 line km; north-south over an area of approx 76,980 km2 | 400 m | 60 m | Data acquisition commenced on 9 January 2008. The survey covers parts of the Windorah, Eromanga, Quilpie, Thargomindah, Toompine, Bulloo and Eulo 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Cooper Basin West | Qld | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 12.1% | N/A | 209,081 line km; north-south and east-west over an area of approx 74,410 km2 | 400 m | 60 m | The area of the survey with east-west flight lines covers the southern half of the Birdsville and Betoota 1:250 000 Map Sheets. The area of the survey with north-south flight lines covers the Canterbury (southern half), Barrolka (all), Durham Downs (all) and Tickalara (all) 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Cooper Basin | Qld | Gravity | 100% | 9,170 new stations. Over an approx area 146,700 | N/A | 4.0 km grid | N/A | Data acquisition phase was completed on 23 November 2007 and the planned date for release of survey data is 8 February 2008. It covers the Canterbury, Windorah, Barrolka, Eromanga, Durham Downs, Thargomindah, Tickalara and Bulloo 1:250 000 Map Sheets and the western third of the Adavale, Quilpie, Toompine and Eulo 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Normanton | Qld | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | N/A | N/A | 114,487 line km; east-west over an area of approx 74,410 km2 | 400 m | 80 m | The survey covers parts of the Galbraith, Walsh, Normanton and Red River 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Westmoreland-Normanton | Qld | Gravity | N/A | 5,977 new stations. Over an approx area 95,620 km 2 | N/A | 4.0 km | N/A | Requests for quotation closed on Wednesday 12 December for the provision of gravity data in the Westmoreland-Normanton region of Queensland. The survey covers the mainland portions of the Mornington, Westmoreland, Burketown, Galbraith 1:250 000 Map Sheets and all of the Normaton, Walsh and Red River 1:250 000 Map Sheets. |
| Tanumbirini | NT | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 100% | N/A | 47,251 line km; east-west area of 16,468 km2 | 400 m | 80 m | Data acquisition for the survey was completed on 16 September 2007. Data were released on 5 December 2007 via GADDS. |
| North east Tasmania | Tas | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 100% | N/A | east-west 51,280 line km | 200 m | 90 m | Data acquisition for the survey was completed on 12 September 2007. Data were released on 19 December 2007 via GADDS. |
| Bass Strait | Tas | Airborne Magnetic | N/A | N/A | 41,328 line km; east-west over an area of approx 29,021 km2 | 800 m | 90 m | The survey covers Bass Strait between King and Flinders Islands. |
| North west Tasmania offshore | Tas | Airborne Magnetic | N/A | N/A | 39,075 line km; east-west over an area of approx 27,512 km2 | 800 m | 90 m | Data acquisition commenced on 20 January 2008. The survey covers an area west of King Island. |
| South west Tasmania Offshore | Tas | Airborne Magnetic | 23.9% | N/A | 24,218 line km; east-west over an area of approx 16,745 km2 | 800 m | 90 m | Data acquisition commenced on 14 January 2008. The survey covers an area south west of Tasmania. |
| Australia-wide | N/A | Airborne Geophysical tie-line | 100% | N/A | 145,000 line km; north-south | 75 km | 80 m | Data acquisition was completed on 14 November 2007. |
| Paterson | N/A | Airborne Electromagnetic | 100% | N/A | 27,130 line km over an area of approx 33,950 km2 | N/A | N/A | New data will be acquired over two areas separated by the Rudall River National Park. The southern area comprises approximately 9,109 line km of northeast-southwest flight lines spaced 1, 2 and 6 km apart with a flying height of 120 m above ground level and was completed on 25 November 2007. The northern area comprises approximately 20,090 line km of east-west flight lines spaced 1 and 2 km apart with a flying height of 120 mm above ground level. Data acquisition over the southern survey area was completed on 25 November 2007. Data acquisition is expected to re-commence in the Northern survey area by 1 April 2008. |
Geoscience Australia will be managing the data acquisition program in Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Tasmania.
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Topic contact: minerals@ga.gov.au Last updated: May 31, 2012
