URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/ds000031
The North Queensland gold and base metals study was conducted in two stages. The first stage covered the Georgetown (Etheridge and Croydon) region and the second stage covered the Charters Towers region.
The reinterpretation of data for these regions involved a desktop analysis using geophysical data acquired through original mapping, followed by limited field checking of significant geological revisions.
Stage 2: Charters Towers(November 2003)
The North Queensland Gold and Base Metal Study, Charters Towers, is an integrated digital geological information package for the Charters Towers area.
The Charters Towers area is most prospective for mesothermal granite-hosted veins (Charters Towers), intrusive-related, breccia-hosted (Mount Leyshon), and mesothermal multiphase vein (Nolan's-Sarsfield) gold deposit styles and volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposit styles (Highway, Reward and Thalanga).
What data is included?
Datasets in the product include:
- geology and explanatory notes
- mineral occurrences
- geophysical images
- interpreted magnetic lineaments
- whole rock geochemistry
- geological field observations
- historic exploration tenure
- solid geology interpretation (excluding alluvium, soils, regolith and Mesozoic age rocks).
Data coverage
The data covers the following 1:100,000 map sheets:
- Conjuboy
- Valley of Lagoons
- Kangaroo Hills
- Ingham
- Palm Islands
- Burges
- Clarke River
- Ewan
- Rollingstone
- Townsville
- Chudleigh Park
- Wandovale
- Maryvale
- Hillgrove
- Dotswood
- Mingela
- White Mountains
- Lolworth
- Homestead
- Charters Towers
- Ravenswood
- Pentland (part of)
Data format
The data is supplied in both ArcView and MapInfo formats.