Update on Geophysical Data Acquisition April 2014
Location | State | Survey | % Complete | Gravity Stations | Flight Lines | Spacing | Ground Clearance | Comments |
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Widgiemooltha North | WA | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 100% | N/A | 92 000 line km; east-west; area 8200km² | 100m | 50m agl | The survey covers the northern half of the Widgiemooltha 1:250 000 Map Sheet. Survey data acquisition was completed on 27 January 2014. Final point-located data were received at Geoscience Australia on 19 March 2014. |
Kalgoorlie East, Kurnalpi North | WA | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 100% | N/A | 211 672 line km; east-west; area 19 200km² | 100m | 50m agl | The survey covered the eastern two-thirds of the Kalgoorlie 1:250 000 Map Sheet and the northern half of the Kurnalpi 1:250 000 Map Sheet. Survey data acquisition was completed on 15 March 2014. The raw data were accepted by Geoscience Australia on 31 March 2014. |
Southwest Coastal Plain, Albany, Esperance | WA | Airborne electromagnetic | 100% | N/A | 8607 line km; | 300m and 600m | TBA | The survey covers the Esperance (pt), Mount Barker (pt), Albany (pt), Augusta (pt), Pemberton (pt), Busselton (pt) and Collie (pt) standard 1:250 000 Map Sheets. Final data were received by Geoscience Australia on 17 January 2014. |
Menzies South | WA | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 100% | N/A | 92 000 line km; east-west; area 8200km² | 100m | 50m agl | The survey covers the southern half of the Menzies 1:250 000 Map Sheet. Survey data acquisition was completed on 16 March 2014. Raw data were supplied to Geoscience Australia on 31 March 2014. |
Kurnalpi South | WA | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | 47% | N/A | 92 000 line km; east-west; area 8200km² | 100m | 50m agl | The survey covers the southern half of the Kurnalpi 1:250 000 Map Sheet. The survey commenced data acquisition on 28 January 2014 and was 47% complete on 30 March 2014. |
Capricorn Orogen | WA | Airborne electromagnetic | 100% | N/A | 29 697: north-south; area 146 300km² | 5000m | TBA | The maximum survey area covers the Yarraloola (pt), Yanrey (pt), Wyloo (pt), Mount Bruce (pt), Winning Pool (pt), Edmund, Turee Creek (pt), Newman (pt), Robertson (pt), Kennedy Range (pt), Mount Phillips (pt), Mount Egerton, Collier, Bullen (pt), Glenburgh (pt), Robinson Range (pt), Peak Hill (pt) and Glengarry (pt) standard 1:250 000 Map Sheets. The survey commenced on 19 October 2013 and flying was completed on 9 January 2014. Final point-located data were received at Geoscience Australia on 25 February 2014. |
Southern Thomson Orogen | GA/NSW/Qld | Airborne electromagnetic | TBA | N/A | 6305 line km | 5000m | TBA | The survey contract was formally executed by Geoscience Australia on 14 March 2014. The survey crew mobilised to the area on 24 March 2014 to commence the survey. |
Reconnaissance Gravity Surveys Stage 3 | WA | Gravity | TBA | N/A | A nominal estimated 53 900 stations in total | Ngururrpa: 2.5km grid NE Yilgarn: 2.5km grid SW Yilgarn: 2km along roads | N/A | The Ngururrpa Region survey covers the Cornish, Lucas Helena, Stansmore standard 1:250 000 Map Sheets. The northeast Yilgarn survey covers the Herbert, Robert, Throssel, Duketon, Rason, Laverton, Sir Samuel, Leonora, Laverton, Wiluna, Nabberu standard 1:250 000 Map Sheets. The southwest Yilgarn survey covers two areas:
The survey Quotation Request opened on 28 January 2014 and closed on 27 February 2014. The responses are under assessment. |
West Amadeus | NT | Gravity | TBA | TBA | N/A | 4km regular with areas to be defined for 2km infill | N/A | The proposed survey covers the Mount Rennie (pt), Mount Liebig (pt), Bloods Range, Lake Amadeus (pt); Petermann Ranges and Ayers Rock (pt) standard 1:250 000 Map Sheets. The nominal survey boundary covers an area of 45 050km2. |
Dunmarra | NT | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | TBA | TBA | N/A | TBA | TBA | The survey is being planned in an area between the 2007 Tanumbirini and 2001 Sturt airborne geophysical surveys. |
Geoscience Australia manages the data acquisition programs in New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia.
For more information, please email clientservices@ga.gov.au; or phone 1800 800 173.
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