Updated: 06 December 2007

Minerals Alert December 2007

Update on geophysical survey data acquisition

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	Data acquisition is scheduled to start later this month. The survey will cover parts of the Lennard River, Lansdowne, Noonkanbah, Mount Ramsay, Mount Bannerman 1:250,000 Map Sheets.
Offshore Canning Basin	WA	Airborne magnetic and radiometric	100%	N/A	44,633 line km; north-south area of 49,980 km²	750 m	60 m above sea level	Data acquisition was completed in August 2007. Data were released on 30 October 2007 via GADDS.
Canning Basin 2007	WA	Airborne magnetic and radiometric	100%	N/A	100 000 line km; north-south Area 70 192 km²	800 m	80 m	Data acquisition was completed in July 2007. Data were released on 30 October 2007 via GADDS.
East Isa South	Qld	Airborne magnetic and radiometric	100%	N/A	east-west 145,900 line km	400 m	80 m	Final data were released on 28 November via GADDS.
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.
Charters Towers	Qld	Gravity	83%	15,310 new stations	N/A	4.0 km grid	N/A	Data acquisition commenced on 22 August 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	73%	N/A	59,753 line km; north-south over an area of approx 20,710 km²	400 m	60 m	Data acquisition commenced on 3 September 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	Quotation request closed 12 September 2007	N/A	214,352 line km; north-south over an area of approx 76,980 km²	400 m	60 m	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	4.4%	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, Durham Downs and Tickalara 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. 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	Quotation request closed 16 October 2007	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.
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. The survey covers parts of the Tanumbirini and Hodgson Downs 1:250,000 Map Sheets.
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. The survey covers Tasmanian land mass over part of the following standard 1:100,000 Map Sheets - Ninth Island, Cape Portland, Swan Island, St Patricks, Forester, Georges Bay, St Pauls and Break O'Day.
Bass Strait	Tas	Airborne Magnetic	Quotation request close 1 November 2007	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	The survey covers an area west of King Island.
South west Tasmania Offshore	Tas	Airborne Magnetic	N/A	N/A	24,218 line km; east-west over an area of approx 16,745 km²	800 m	90 m	The survey covers an area south west of Tasmania.
Australia-wide	N/A	Airborne Geophysical tie-line	99%	N/A	145,000 line km; north-south	75 km	80 m	Data acquisition commenced 29 March 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.

Geoscience Australia will be managing the data acquisition program in Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Tasmania.

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