A monthly online newsletter with product news, data releases and projects relating to the minerals and energy exploration industry.

1. Geo-Region of the Month - Pilbara Craton, Western Australia
2. Update on geophysical data releases
3. About Minerals Alert

1. Geo-Region of the Month - Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Each month Geoscience Australia will highlight a range of significant products relating to key Australian mineral provinces which have been released over the past 10 years and may be of interest to current explorers. This month's Geo-Region is the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia. The highlighted products, which are available as a free download, are:

1. Atlas of North Pilbara geology and geophysics - The Atlas of North Pilbara geology and geophysics: 1:1.5 million scale contains thematic maps of the north Pilbara Craton; themes covered include geology, geophysics (airborne magnetics, gamma-ray data, gravity), remotely sensed data and mineralisation.
2. Hyperspectral mapping report - Hyperspectral Mapping of Mineral Assemblages Associated with Gold Mineralization in the Central Pilbara details results of an investigation into the use of airborne hyperspectral data (HyMap™) to aid detection of hydrothermal alteration assemblages associated with Archean lode gold deposits and epithermal gold systems in the central Pilbara region.
3. Archaean tectonic processes report - The Archaean tectonic processes in the North Pilbara Granite-Greenstone Terrane report looks at the classic Pilbara dome and basin geometry with an alternative view point to that commonly presented.
4. Early to Middle Archean Mineral Deposits of the North Pilbara Terrain - This special issue of Economic Geology (July 2002, v. 97) contains twelve articles on geology and mineralisation of the north Pilbara.
5. The Paleoarchean Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, in: Earth's Oldest Rocks. Developments in Precambrian Geology 15, Elsevier. This book contains a series of four papers by Geological Survey of Western Australia, Geoscience Australia and industry workers on geological, geochemical, geodynamic and metallogenic aspects of the north Pilbara.

2. Update on geophysical data releases

Geoscience Australia is managing the geophysical data acquisition programs in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

The current status of Geoscience Australia's geophysical survey data acquisition is available in a comprehensive table.

Minerals Alert Geophysical Surveys Table - survey boundary polygons in MapInfo TAB format.

3. About Minerals Alert

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