geology of southwest tasmania

300000mE
350000mE
400000mE
450000mE
Tullah
Ahrberg
Bay
LAKE
MACKINTOSH
LAKE
ROSEBERY
MT
INGLIS
CLUMNER
BLUFF
MT BLACK
LAKE
ROSEBERY
RANG
E
PIEMAN
Granville
Harbour
VICTORIA PK
MT OAKLEIGH
Forth
Renison
Bell
MT PELION
WEST
MOUNT
MURCHISON
LAKE
MURCHISON
M
UR
CH
IS
ON
MT READ
MT JERUSALEM
r
ve
Ri
River
AT
RE
G
MT PELION
EAST
MT ACHILLES
MT HEEMSKIRK
M
er
se
y
MT OSSA
COAST
River
MT
DUNDAS
MT
ZEEHAN
Pin
e
Henty
RIV
ER
ELDON PK
5350000mN
MT
SEDGWICK
South
River
R
River
Eld
on
MT CUVIER
d
oo
gw
llin
Co
LAKE
BURBURY
RANGE
MT
RUFUS
Derwent
Bridge
Niv
e
MT
JUKES
ER
RIV
E
LAK
MT MARY
COAST
KING
MT KING
WILLIAM
FRANKLIN
Yellow
Bluff
MT
FINCHAM
Connellys
Pt
MT STRAHAN
MT
DARWIN
Sophia Pt
Backagain
Pt
MT SORELL
Liberty
Bay
Liberty Pt
Guelph
Basin
FRENCHMANS
CAP
WEST
SO
Betsys
Bay
MACQUARIE
RAN
GE
Tarraleah
MT KING
WILLIAM III
RIVER
RN
DECEPT
MT
McCALL
Ke
lly
Gorge Pt
MT
EMMA
RIV
ER
MT
HOBHOUSE
Brisbanes B
Sarah I
T
EN
RW
DE
HE
Farm
Cove
Gould Pt
Bryans
Bay Steadman Pt
MT KING
WILLIAM II
ION
HARBOUR
Ba
sin
UT
Coal Head
Sloop Pt
IAM
WILL
KING
King Pt
Edwards
Bay
MT GELL
r
ve
Ri
RA
NG
E
ER
RIV
Riv
er
MT
HUGEL
RA
GL
AN
Strahan
Lettes
Bay
R
AI
CL
ST
GOULDS
SL
E
NG
RA
MT
OLYMPUS
MT OWEN
Macquarie
Hds
KE
LA
MT LYELL
QUEENSTOWN
5350000mN
Nive
MT
MANFRED
HENTY
CAPE SORELL
ER
TI
R
LE
EL
AV
TR
WEST
le
Litt
Ri
ve
r
Remine
NE
PI
E
NG
RA
Trial Harbour
ZEEHAN
T
ICH
ST
MT
AGNEW
ALGONKIAN
MTN
Ri
ve
r
Rum Pt
Gordon Pt
MT
SHAKESPEARE
5300000mN
Jane
Birthday
Bay
DIAMOND
PEAK
SP
Rive
r
Inlet
IR
ES
River
RAN
GE
RA
NG
E
FRAN
KLIN
RIVER
T
O
LI
EL
Birchs
Varna
Bay
Go
rdo
n
CONVICT
PEAK
SHINING
MTN
TH
WA
LES
Pennerowne Pt
E
5300000mN
RDON
GO
Ri
ve
r
Wrights
B
MT
HUMBOLDT
De
nis
on
MT
DISCOVERY
Spe
ro
INNES PK
Ri
ve
r
THE
THUMBS
THE
TWINS
Flo
ren
tine
Conder Pt
Endeavour
Bay
Maxwell
N
GORDO
Spero
Bay
PR
INC
E
POINT HIBBS
er
Riv
OF
Hibbs
Bay
LAKE
Wanderer
MT ROBERT
MINERAL RESOURCES
TASMANIA
GORDON
RIVER
Strathgordon
Tasmania
MT MUELLER
HIGH ROCKY
POINT
DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE
ENERGY and RESOURCES
MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA
a
Olg
MOORES
LOOKOUT
River
GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWEST TASMANIA
p
Ser
Wilmot
Bay
MT WEDGE
MT
BOWES
in
ent
MT
ELEANOR
e
River
HOLOCENE
Geological Survey mapping
(1:63,360 scale) before 1965.
LAKE PEDDER
MT
SOLITARY
Other mapping
(1:63,360 or more detailed scale ).
Black I
Elliott
Bay
LOW ROCKY POINT
on
Hu
SOURCES
Source information for this
map is available as an
additional sheet.
MT MACONOCHIE
Nye Bay
ELDON GROUP,
TIGER RANGE GROUP
E
NG
RA
PINERS PK
Mulcahy
Bay
Brier Holme Hd
NORTHEAST
AR
TH
UR
Da
ve
y
Riv
er
Ri
ve
r
MT HEAN
Base data from the LIST, © State of Tasmania.
Map produced by Data Management Branch
using G.I.S. software.
Refer to this map as:
BROWN, A.V; CALVER, C.R; CORBETT, K.D; EVERARD, J.L;
FORSYTH, S.M; GOSCOMBE, B.D.; GREEN, G.R; McCLENAGHAN, M.P;
PEMBERTON, J; SEYMOUR, D.B.; VICARY, M.J.; (comp.). 2005.
Geology of Southwest Tasmania. Edition 2009.1.
Geological Atlas 1:250,000 digital series.
Mineral Resources Tasmania.
Svenor Pt
SOUTHWEST
RANGE
Sp
rin
g
WURAWINA SUPERGROUP
OWEN GROUP, DENISON GROUP
AND CORRELATES
PALAEOZOIC
NORTHWEST
MT
HESPERUS
g
sin
os
Cr
GE
RAN
LATE
CAMBRIAN
Elliott
Point
The geological data for this map were compiled by
A.V.Brown B.Sc.(Hons)Ph.D., C.R.Calver B.Sc.(Hons)Ph.D,
K.D.Corbett B.Sc.(Hons)Ph.D., J.L.Everard B.Sc.(Hons),
S.M.Forsyth B.Sc.(Hons), B.D.Goscombe B.Sc.(Hons)Ph.D.,
G.R.Green B.Sc.(Hons)Ph.D., M.P.McClenaghan B.Sc.(Hons)Ph.D.,
J.Pemberton B.Sc.(Hons)M.Sc.,D.B.Seymour B.Sc.(Hons)Ph.D.,
M.J.Vicary B.Sc.(Hons).,from Tasmanian Geological Survey
Geological Atlas 1:63,360 and 1:50,000 series maps and other sources.
Riv
er
Hu
on
LOCATION DIAGRAM
WIIT
DE
ORDOVICIAN
Edgar
Bay
Giblin
Bay
er
EARLY
DEVONIAN−
SILURIAN
N GE
Giblin
Ri
ve
r
LOWER
UPPER
PARMEENER SUPERGROUP
Reconnaissance scale mapping, and/or
interpretation based on air photo
and/or geophysical data without ground
control from various sources.
MT
SARAH JANE
Lake
Judd
sin
Ba
Riv
PERMIAN−
LATE
CARBONI−
FEROUS
RA
ING
PST
PRO
TRIASSIC
5250000mN
MT
ANNE
Lewis
PLEISTOCENE
CAINOZOIC
Veridian Pt
Geological Survey mapping (1:100,000 scale)
MESOZOIC
LA
Maria
Bay
D
Marsden Pt
Geological Survey mapping
(1:63,360 scale) after 1965.
TERTIARY
N
NORTH
BROKEN
HILLS
Geological Survey mapping (1:50,000 scale)
and unpublished compilation Geological
Survey mapping (1:10,000 −1:50,000 scale).
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SOURCE MAPPING
NK
QUATERNARY
A
FR
5250000mN
MT
JEAN
Geological Survey mapping
(1:25,000 or more detailed scale).
R ea
r
ve
Ri
MT
OSMUND
Wreck
Bay
SOUTHEAST
Alfhild
Bight
Heather B
Curtis Pt
Bond
Bay
Sandblow
Bay
MT NOROLD
PAYNE
BAY
ELLIOTT BAY−QUEENSTOWN−ROSEBERY REGION
FEDERATION
PEAK
er
Riv
ADAMSFIELD −JUBILEE REGION
MT READ VOLCANICS
Wallaby B
MIDDLE
CAMBRIAN
5200000mN
Whalers Pt
South E
Bight
MT
BERRY
Saddle
Bight
NORTH HEAD
POINT ST VINCENT
DAVEY
HEAD
PORT
North
Inlet
Joe
Page
Bay
O
MT
RUGBY
DAVEY
Chink Pt
So
lly
ld
Rowitta
Harbour
HIGH ROUND
MOUNTAIN
BATHURST
5200000mN
HARBOUR
HILLIARD HEAD
EARLY
CAMBRIAN
ROCKY CAPE REGION
ARTHUR
METAMORPHIC
COMPLEX
r
ve
Ri
Stephens
Bay
Chatfield Pt
Melaleuca
Mutton
Bird I
(ONLY AT AHRBERG BAY ON THIS SHEET)
MT
COUNSEL
Island Bay
Flying Cloud Pt
Window Pane B
MT
MELALEUCA
C
PROTEROZOIC
O
LATE
NEOPROTER−
OZOIC
N
New
Harbour
Point
Karamu
Bay
RA
BIGHT
New
Harbour
A
NEOPROTEROZOIC −
MESOPROTEROZOIC
D
UN
NBO
IRO
COX
E
TYENNAN AND SIMILAR REGIONS
MT
LOUISA
Louisa
Bay
Cox Bluff
Louisa I
Red Pt
Havelock
Bluff
Telopea Pt
SOUTH WEST CAPE
Baldy Pt
DE WITT
ISLAND
Flat Witch
Island
Maatsuyker
Island
Temple Pt
MAATSUYKER
GROUP
Flat Top I
Round Top I
IGNEOUS ROCKS
While every care has been taken in the preparation of this data,
no warranty is given as to the correctness of the information and
no liability is accepted for any statement or opinion or for any
error or omission. No reader should act or fail to act on the basis
of any material contained herein. Readers should consult professional
advisers. As a result the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania
and its employees, contractors and agents expressly disclaim all and
any liability (including all liability from or attributable to any
negligent or wrongful act or omission) to any persons whatsoever in
respect of anything done or omitted to be done by any such person in
reliance whether in whole or in part upon any of the material in this data.
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5150000mN
5150000mN
300000mE
WARNING:
INKS ARE LIGHT SENSITIVE
350000mE
400000mE
450000mE
THIS MAP IS EDITION 2009.1
BASED ON A STATEWIDE DATASET
Data correct & plotfile generated:
14−JUL−2009