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Thumbnail of State Mineral Deposits and Petroleum Fields Map

These maps cover various aspects of the whole State and are available either at 1:2 500 000 or 1:5 000 000 scales. Topics covered include geology, mineral deposits, petroleum fields, tectonic units, regolith, magnetic anomalies, and gravity anomalies.

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These maps cover the State at various scales, according to the Western Australian Sheet numbers.

1:1 000 000 Geological Maps

The 1:1 000 000 Geological Series maps are compiled from the 1:250 000 Geological Series maps. Three maps with two accompanying Explanatory Notes are available. 

1:250 000 Geological Maps

The Geological Survey of Western Australia (in places in conjunction with Geocience Australia, formerly AGSO) has systematically mapped the State to produce the 1:250 000 Geological Series maps and accompanying Explanatory Notes. The series of 163 maps is the cornerstone of the geological mapping of Western Australia. The maps contain details of the tectonic units, geological units, interpreted bedrock geology, cross sections, mineral commodities, mining features, and geographical and topographical features. The Atlas of 1:250 000 Geological Series map images, Western Australia contains images of all 163 maps on CD.

1:100 000 Geological Maps

The 1:100 000 Geological Series maps and accompanying Explanatory Notes (in places in conjunction with Geocience Australia, formerly AGSO) expand on the 1:250 000 maps and provide more detail in areas that are active for mineral exploration. The maps contain details of the tectonic units, geological units, interpreted bedrock geology, cross sections, mineral commodities, mining features, and geographical and topographical features. 

1:50 000 Geological Maps 

Northhampton Geology Maps

These sheets resulted from a specific project, and no systematic bedrock mapping at this scale is proposed for the near future.

Urban and Environmental Geology Maps

The urban (1977–82) and environmental (1984–91) series show detailed geology, emphasizing aspects that may affect urban, industrial, or other development.
From 1998 the Geological Survey started a new series of urban and development areas maps to complement the existing environmental series. The new product comprise a 1:50 000-scale hardcopy map modelled on the discontinued environmental series maps, a Record, and a CD-ROM containing GIS-based digital datasets. The new program focused initially on growth-pressure areas in the South West Region and the Geraldton area, and will move on to areas east of the Perth Metropolitan Area, around Kalgoorlie, and to selected coastal areas from the south coast to the Pilbara.
 

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The Geological Survey carried out a regolith geochemical mapping program from 1993 to 2002 for 1:250 000 sheets of particular interest for regolith geochemistry and that were deemed to have high exploration potential. The GIS data packages for the sheets contain explanatory notes, a regolith materials map, maps showing outlines of company surface-geochemistry projects, geochemical sample data and analyses, geomorphological attributes, and aerial photograph and satellite image interpretation. The various element-distribution maps are also available.

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Most of these maps have been produced to accompany a Bulletin, Mineral Resources Bulletin, Report or Record published by the Geological Survey since 1970. Maps in this category can be purchased without the book, at the prices listed in the Catalogue, as long as stocks of maps exceed those of the book in question. Most non-series geological maps published since 1992 are available in digital form.

Atlas of Mineral Deposits and Petroleum Fields

The Western Australia atlas of mineral deposits and petroleum fields shows the locations of Western Australia's mineral and petroleum resource projects and deposits. The resource information is set against a background of simplified geology and topographic information. The mineral information was sourced from DoIR's 'mines and mineral deposits information' (MINEDEX) database. The index at the back of the Atlas categorizes sites by their stage of development, and includes commercial ownership of named sites and projects. The petroleum data has been extracted from DoIR's 'Western Australian petroleum information system' (WAPIMS) database. Only major fields are shown, and are identified by the discovery well.
The Atlas is available as a book, or a flat map on demand.

Mineral Occurrence and Exploration Potential GIS Packages

These GIS packages comprise a self-loading, autorun CD-ROM including themes such as solid geology, regolith geology, mineral deposit and occurrence datasets, spatial indexes to open-file exploration data, geophysical and Landsat imagery, and tenement data. The CD is accompanied by a comprehensive report and a coloured printed map detailing known mineral occurrences and deposits against a background of geology at 1:500 000 scale.

Hallberg Leonora–Laverton 1:50 000 geology and mineral deposits maps

This is a set of 16 geological maps at 1:50 000 scale by J. A. Hallberg.

Hallberg Murchison 1:25 000 geology dataset

The Hallberg Murchison 1:25 000 geology dataset presents the results of regional geological field mapping, carried out by J. Hallberg between 1989 and 1994, of the northern part of the Murchison Province of the Yilgarn Craton. Historically, the Murchison region has been a substantial producer of gold and remains a target for exploration, being highly prospective for further major gold discoveries and other commodities (e.g. base metals, vanadium, titanium). GSWA has purchased the joint copyright to this comprehensive dataset from Hallberg Mapping Services Proprietary Limited in order to make it more widely available to the exploration industry at a nominal cost. The dataset includes 78 detailed 1:25 000 maps, available as TIF and PDF images, showing the outcrop geology, together with much subcrop and subsurface information, and includes all the major mining centres in the Murchison region, except Mount Magnet. A series of six reports accompany the maps, and are reproduced in the dataset in PDF format as GSWA Record 2000/20. Coloured 1:100 000 interpreted geology maps are provided in GIS format (ArcInfo, ArcView, and MapInfo) and in both EPS plotfile and PDF formats.
See Fieldnotes no. 19 for more information.

Iron ore deposits of the Pilbara region is a plotted 1:500 000-scale map of the numerous iron ore deposits in one of the world's great iron ore provinces. The map and its background digital data on the accompanying CD provide an opportunity to review the ownership of deposits by companies/joint ventures and the location of deposits in relation to State Agreement Acts, as well as providing extensive information on existing infrastructure and tenement details.

Major resource projects map (1:3 000 000 scale) is available free of charge.
 
 
Hallberg Leonora–Laverton 1:50 000 geology and mineral deposits maps  (GIF, 16kb)
 

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Aeromagnetic And Radiometric Maps And Images

Airborne geophysical data have been acquired by the GSWA in its own right and in conjunction with GA (formerly AGSO). Products include Total Magnetic Intensity (TMI), First Vertical Derivative (FVD), interpreted aeromagnetic features, and total count and ternary radiometric images at various scales.

Hardcopy maps and images are available from the Information Centre. Digital data from wholly-owned GSWA surveys may be obtained from any of the non-exclusive Department of Industry and Resources sales agents. Joint GSWA–GA data may be obtained through Geoscience Australia.

Details of most airborne surveys undertaken over Western Australia are registered in the MAGIX database (the Department’s Airborne Geophysics Information eXchange) This is a GIS-based register and index of airborne geophysical surveys reported to the Department of Industry and Resources.

Gravity Maps and Images

Bouguer anomaly contour maps and Bouguer anomaly images at various scale are available in hardcopy and digital format. Station locations are available as separate sheets.

Subsurface Time–Structure Maps

Subsurface time–structure maps (hardcopy and digital) compiled from open-file seismic data have been produced for the Bonaparte, Browse, Canning, Carnarvon, Perth, Bremer, and Eucla Basins. Seismic information is also available for the Merlinleigh Sub-basin/Gascoyne Platform, and the onshore northern and southern Perth Basin.

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The 1:250 000 hydrogeological series commenced in 1989 to map areas where an understanding of the groundwater regime is particularly important. Hydrogeological features such as aquifer geometry, watertable contours, and bore, well, and spring locations are shown on these maps.

The Explanatory Notes accompany a 1:250 000-scale map. Since 1996 all hydrogeological maps and information have been provided by Water and Rivers Commission (external link to the WRC site), Hyatt Centre, 3 Plain Street, East Perth, W.A. 6004 (telephone (08) 9278 0300; fax (08) 9278 0301).

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