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Jones, L.E.A. | Lyons, P. | Goleby, B.R. | Shearer, A.J. | Schwarz, M. | Skirrow, R.G. | Korsch, R.J. | Totterdell, J.M. | Preiss, W.V. | Doreen, N. | Johnstone, D.W.
Abstract
The Stuart Shelf overlies the eastern portion of the Gawler Craton. This part of the Gawler Craton is South Australia's major mineral province and contains the world-class Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au deposit and the recent Cu and Au discovery at Prominent Hill. The Stuart Shelf is several kilometres thick in places. As such, little is known of the crustal structure of the basement, its crustal evolution or its tectono-stratigraphic relationship to adjacent areas, for example the Curnamona Province in the east. There has been much effort applied to advancing our understanding of basement, mainly through the use of potential field data and deep drilling programmes; though drilling has proved very costly and very hit and miss. The Stuart Shelf area needs new data and methods to bring our knowledge of it to the next level of understanding. At a Gawler Craton seismic planning workshop held in July 2001, stakeholders from industry, government, and university stakeholders identified several criteria fundamental to undertaking any seismic survey within the Gawler Craton. These were - Location of seismic traverse across a known mineral system in order to improve understanding and enhance knowledge of the region's mineral systems. Access to surface and/or drill hole geological knowledge to link geology data with the seismic interpretation. Good coverage of potential field data, and Potential for the seismic data to stimulate area selection and exploration in the survey region.
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