VIMP Report 37 - The geology and prospectivity of the Bairnsdale 1:250 000 map sheet area

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Abstract This report summarises the geology and prospectivity of the Bairnsdale 1:250 000 map area in eastern Victoria.

New airborne geophysics and detailed geological mapping conducted over the Bairnsdale 1:250 000 map area as part of the Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum (VIMP) has enabled a reappraisal of the regional geology and prospectivity of the area. This has been complemented by mineral resource, mineral exploration and exploration geochemistry compilations.

Broad areas with potential to host a variety of styles of mineralisation have been outlined as a result of this reappraisal. These include:

porphyry copper–gold deposits associated with high level magnetic intrusions;
epithermal precious metal deposits associated with the Snowy River Volcanics and Mount Elizabeth Caldera Complex;
precious metal vein deposits within and outside goldfields;
additional Wilga style volcanic associated massive sulphide deposits within the Limestone Creek Graben;
Tennant Creek style copper–gold deposits in Nowa Nowa ironstones;
Irish style base metal deposits in the Buchan Rift;
base metal veins associated with caldera fractures;
red bed copper–uranium;
granite hosted tin deposits;
placer gold; and
a variety of industrial minerals.

Bibliographic reference Maher, S., Hendrickx, M.A., Boyle, R.J., Brookes, D.J., 1996. The geology and prospectivity of the Bairnsdale 1:250,000 map sheet area. Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 37. Department of Nautral Resources and Environment.

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