Fluid Flow Modelling in the Mt Isa and McArthur Basins

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Project news

• The final sponsors meetings for this project were held at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario on 7 November 2002 and at Geoscience Australia on 2 December 2002. Researchers are currently finalising their contributions to the final report.
• Stratigraphic datasets collected during the NABRE project and AMIRA P552 were released as four CD ROM AGSO and Geoscience Records (AGSO Records 1999/10, 1999/15, 2000/3 and Geoscience Australia Record 2002/3).

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Project description

The AMIRA project P552 is an ambitious multi-disciplinary project that aims to better understand fluid migration history in the zinc-rich Palaeoproterozoic rocks of northern Australia [Map 1]. Five years of research in the Geoscience Australia funded North Australian Basins Resource Evaluation (NABRE) project have provided a basin scale structural and sequence stratigraphic framework for northern Australia [Map 2]. These new datasets form the basis of basin-scale architectural stratigraphic profiles suitable for fluid flow modelling. Palaeoproterozoic rocks of northern Australia host the world's most important zinc repository and have the potential to contain additional base metal and uranium reserves. For the province to realise its full growth potential it will be necessary to better understand the chemical evolution and migration history of metal bearing fluids in these basins.

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Project outcome

Enhanced exploration strategies for, and the promotion of, the Mt Isa and McArthur Basins through a better understanding of the geochemical and physical characteristics, timing, origin, reactivity and flow history of fluids in the basins.

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Project outputs

Project outputs are confidential to industry sponsors for a period of 18 months following submission of the projects final report in mid-2003.

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