A newly released study on the sequence stratigraphic framework, burial history and sediment-hosted mineral potential (Cu, Zn) of the Birrindudu Basin constitutes the second phase of a collaborative and multifaceted geoscientific project with CSIRO.
This study, which integrates sedimentary facies analysis, drillhole correlations, subsidence modelling and multi-method geochemical evaluations, assesses the prospectivity of the Birrindudu Basin sedimentary succession for sediment-hosted mineralisation, using a mineral systems analysis approach.
This newly released NTGS Record provides a sequence stratigraphic correlation across the Birrindudu Basin, in addition to palaegeographic reconstructions of the basin’s evolution through time. Furthermore, in-depth petrographic and geochemical analyses are employed to characterise both the Birrindudu basin fill and the underlying basement for their mineralisation potential.
Such reconstructions and assessments provide valuable insight for explorers into the prospectivity for sediment-hosted mineralisation across this frontier and underexplored basin, a highly useful tool in refining future resource exploration programs.
Download NTGS Record 2024-004 through GEMIS.