Update on Geophysical Data Acquisition April 2015
Location | State | Survey | % Complete | Gravity Stations | Flight Lines | Spacing | Ground Clearance | Comments |
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Southern Thomson Orogen - Phase 2 | NSW/QLD | Airborne electromagnetic | N/A | N/A | Approx. 1 600 line km | Selected traverses | TBA | The Phase 2 traverses are being planned in an area to the south of the 2014 survey traverses. |
Delamere & Spirit Hills | NT | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | N/A | N/A | Estimated 96 500 line km; east-west; 33 693km2 | 400m | 80m agl | The survey is located in an area west of Katherine and north of Timber Creek. The survey covers parts of the Fergusson River, Delamere, Victoria River Downs and Auvergne standard 1:250 000 Map Sheets. The Quotation Request is planned for release in April. |
Yalgoo | WA | Airborne magnetic and radiometric | N/A | N/A | Estimated 108 000 line km; 11 200 km2 | 100m/200m | 50m agl | The Quotation Request was released on 20 March and closes on 9 April. |
Gippsland Gravity | VIC | Gravity | 100% | 1 213 | N/A | 500m | N/A | The Geological Survey of Victoria designed a survey of approximately 1440 stations at a nominal 400 metre station spacing on 12 separate traverses on the Warragul standard 1:250000 Map Sheet. The traverses cover an area of approximately 8358 km2. The survey commenced on 30 June 2014 and completed data acquisition on 21 July. The processed data passed assessment by GA on 19 September. The final Operations Report was delivered to GA for assessment on 11 October. The data are in preparation for release via GADDS when GSV advises GA of their preferred release date. |
North McArthur Basin | NT | Gravity | 100% | 7 315 | N/A | 4km regular with areas of 2 km infill; 1 area of traverses spaced 4km apart with a station spacing of 1 km | N/A | The survey covers all or part of Arnhem Bay, Gove, Mt Evelyn, Mt Marumba, Blue Mud Bay, Katherine, Urapunga and Roper River standard 1:250 000 standard Map Sheets. The final data are in preparation for release by GA via GADDS in April. |
Ngururrpa | WA | Gravity | N/A | ~5 000 | N/A | 2.5km NS-EW grid | N/A | The survey covers parts of the Cornisg, Lucas, Helena, Stansmore and Wilson standard 1:250 000 Map Sheet areas. The Quotation Request was released by GA on 2 March 2015. The quotation period closed on 23 March 2015. Responses are under assessment by GA in collaboration with GSWA. |
Northern Wiso Basin | NT | Gravity | N/A | TBA | N/A | 4km NS-EW Grid | N/A | The survey covers parts of the Waterloo, Victoria River Downs, Limbunya, Wave Hill, Newcastle Waters, Beetaloo, Birrindudu, Winnecke Creek, South Lake Woods and Helen Springs standard 1:250 000 Map Sheet Areas. The Quotation Request is in preparation by GA. |
SW Yilgarn | WA | Gravity | N/A | ~ 30 000 | N/A | 2km on public gazetted roads and tracks | N/A | The survey area covers the SW part of WA from Geraldton in the north to Albany in the south and from Hyden in the east to Bunbury in the west. |
Coompana | SA | Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric | 18.6% | N/A | Estimated 249 600 line km; | 400m & 200m | 80m agl | The survey covers Birksgate (pt), Noorina, Wells (pt), Wyola, Maurice (pt), Cook, Ooldea (pt), Coompana (pt) and Nullarbor (pt) 1:250 000 standard Map Sheets. The survey commenced flying on 11 February 2015 and was 18.6% complete to 24 March. |
Geoscience Australia will be managing the data acquisition program in Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
For more information, please email clientservices@ga.gov.au; or phone 1800 800 173.
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