This map is part of a series which comprises 50 maps which covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:1 000 000 (1cm on a map represents 10km on the ground). Each standard map covers an area of 6 degrees longitude by 4 degrees latitude or about 590 kilometres east to west and about 440 kilometres from north to south. These maps depict natural and constructed features including transport infrastructure (roads, railway airports), hydrography, contours, hypsometric and bathymetric layers, localities and some administrative boundaries, making this a useful general reference map.

The cartographic collection of the Doc Fisher Geoscience Library consists of the maps and air photos created or acquired by agency staff since the formation of BMR in 1946. This includes maps produced by agencies which have merged with these over the years, such as AUSLIG. Maps held include: Australian geological map series (1:250,000, 1:100,000 and the 1 mile series); topographic maps produced by NATMAP and its predecessors (1:250,000, 1:100,000 and 1:50,000) - latest editions only; various Australian geochemical, geophysical and other thematic maps; geoscience map series from other countries acquired on an exchange basis, including some with accompanying explanatory notes; Non-series maps acquired by donation or exchange; atlases. The Air photos are predominantly those used for mapping Australia and, to a lesser extent, Papua New Guinea and Antarctica, by BMR/AGSO from the 1940s to the 1980s. Geographical coverage of the sets is not complete, but many individual photos are unique in that they have pin points, overlays or other markings made by teams in the field. The Papua New Guinea photographs in the collection may, in many cases, be the only existing copies. Flight diagrams are also held for many (but not all) sets of air photos. Some other related materials, such as montages of aerial photographs (orthophotos), are also represented in the collection.

Proterozoic Copper Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 2) December 2007 Version

Map(s) of Ga (gallium) concentration (Total content, Aqua Regia soluble content, and/or Mobile Metal Ion soluble content) in Top Outlet Sediment (TOS) and/or Bottom Outlet Sediment (BOS) samples, dry-sieved to <2 mm and/or <75 um grain size fractions. Source: The Geochemical Atlas of Australia (Caritat and Cooper, 2011)

Map(s) of Ho (holmium) concentration (Total content, Aqua Regia soluble content, and/or Mobile Metal Ion soluble content) in Top Outlet Sediment (TOS) and/or Bottom Outlet Sediment (BOS) samples, dry-sieved to <2 mm and/or <75 um grain size fractions. Source: The Geochemical Atlas of Australia (Caritat and Cooper, 2011)

Map(s) of Mn (manganese) concentration (Total content, Aqua Regia soluble content, and/or Mobile Metal Ion soluble content) in Top Outlet Sediment (TOS) and/or Bottom Outlet Sediment (BOS) samples, dry-sieved to <2 mm and/or <75 um grain size fractions. Source: The Geochemical Atlas of Australia (Caritat and Cooper, 2011)

At this scale 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0.5 degrees longitude by 0.5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres. Many maps are supplemented by hill shading. These maps contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours, localities and some administrative boundaries. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia is covered by more than 3000 x 1:100 000 scale maps, of which 1600 have been published as printed maps. Unpublished maps are available as compilations. Currency: Ranges from 1961 to 2009. Average 1997. Coordinates: Geographical and either AMG or MGA coordinates. Datum: AGD66, GDA94; AHD Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Printed maps: Paper, flat and folded copies. Compilations: Paper or film, flat copies only.

An interpretation of the Paterson area has been carried out to understand the distribution of Proterozoic bedrock beneath thin (<300 m) Phanerozoic cover. Numerous granitic intrusions have been identified to the north of Telfer, which intrude a pre-deformed Neoproterozoic sequence, suggesting that this shallowly covered area is prospective for granite-related Au-Cu mineralisation. Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in the south of the area previously interpreted to be part of the Tarcunyah Group might instead be part of the Yeneena Basin. The absence of Neoproterozoic granites in this part of the area means that these rocks have a low potential for Au-Cu mineralisation, but have a relatively high potential for base metal and unconformity-style uranium mineralisation. Depth to Proterozoic basement modelling has also been carried out for the area, effectively mapping the depth of the surface represented by the solid geology interpretation. This has shown that much of the area has only a relatively thin cover (typically less than 300 m), making it accessible for exploration. In contrast, the Phanerozoic Waukarlycarly Embayment in the northwest of the area contains a relatively thick succession (with maximum depths exceeding 3000 m) within a NNW-trending, steep-sided graben that is 30-40 km wide.

The image and contours show the depth to slightly weathered bedrock. In many areas, for instance in the deep palaeovalleys of the Lachlan River and Bland and Goobang Creeks, this is most probably broadly equivalent to the depth of transported sediment cover. However, from the drill hole logs available, it is generally not possible to distinguish between transported material and highly weathered saprolite. It is therefore difficult in some areas to estimate the thickness of transported versus in situ regolith material. The model of depth to slightly weathered bedrock is derived primarily from the NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation database of almost 2000 water bores drilled on the Forbes 1:250,000 sheet. These drill holes were supplemented with point and contour data from over 300 mineral exploration industry drill holes. The model was also constrained by the boundaries of outcropping bedrock, and by known and inferred palaeochannel locations interpreted largely from seismic and aeromagnetic surveys. The data were gridded using the TOPOGRID module of ESRI's Arc/Info software, which is based on the ANUDEM program developed by M. Hutchinson ("A new procedure for gridding elevation and stream line data with automatic removal of spurious pits", Journal of Hydrology, 106, 211-232, 1989).

At this scale 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0.5 degrees longitude by 0.5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres. Many maps are supplemented by hill shading. These maps contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours, localities and some administrative boundaries. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia is covered by more than 3000 x 1:100 000 scale maps, of which 1600 have been published as printed maps. Unpublished maps are available as compilations. Currency: Ranges from 1961 to 2009. Average 1997. Coordinates: Geographical and either AMG or MGA coordinates. Datum: AGD66, GDA94; AHD Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Printed maps: Paper, flat and folded copies. Compilations: Paper or film, flat copies only.