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.

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.

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

The product comprises digital outcrop geology and interpreted basement geology layers in ArcInfo, MapInfo and ArcView formats. The data were compiled from geological mapping of the Parkes 100K sheet from 1995 to 1998 by AGSO and the NSW Geological Survey under the NGMA. The data layers are a subset of the Forbes 250K sheet GIS data package.

Map(s) of Ti (titanium) 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 Cr (chromium) 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 Ba (barium) 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)

The Yilgarn online GIS displays a wide range of data including geological datasets, topographical data, geophysical images and seismic traverses, whole rock geochemistry and geochronology samples. It provides an aeromagnetic interpretation (lithology distribution and structure) and a geological interpretation of the Archaean Yilgarn Craton, one of Australia's key mineral provinces. The online GIS also focuses on the Leonora-Neale Transect, by providing a detailed solid geology interpretation of the section. The Yilgarn Craton occurs within Western Australia and covers 10% of the Australian continent. Exposure of bedrock is extremely poor throughout the region and most known mineral deposits occur within or adjacent to sparse outcrop.The online GIS provides a view through the poorly magnetised cover to display bedrock distribution. Interpreted rock types of the region include granite, granitic gneiss, layered intrusions and sills. Interpreted structural elements include lithological banding, faults, and dyke swarms. Also presented are several surrounding and partially overlying Proterozoic and Phanerozoic basins and provinces. The Yilgarn Craton is arguably Australia's premier mineral province, attracting more than half the mineral exploration expenditure, and producing two thirds of the gold and most of the nickel mined in the country. For this reason, the online GIS provides the ability to display all deposits in the region or the option of displaying gold or nickel deposits only. Distribution of mineral deposits can be compared to other data layers including geology, and aeromagnetic domains.

Map(s) of Grain size distribution (sand [2000-20 um], silt [20-2 um] and clay [<2 um]) in bulk Top Outlet Sediment (TOS) and/or Bottom Outlet Sediment (BOS) samples. Source: The Geochemical Atlas of Australia (Caritat and Cooper, 2011)