Following the discovery of large phosphate deposits in the eastern part of the Georgina Basin in 1966 by Broken Hill South Limited, the Bureau of Mineral Resources embarked on a detailed stratigraphical and palaeontological study of the Cambrian sediments of the area in 1967. Particular attention was given to the phosphatic part of the section, but new information on the associated Cambrian units was also gained. In 1967, F. de Keyser, J. H. Shergold, C. G. Gatehouse, R. Thieme, and C. Murray (Geological Survey of Queensland) mapped the Burke River Outlier, and in 1968 de Keyser and Thieme mapped the Cambrian of the northeastern corner of the Barkly Tableland. In 1969 de Keyser and P. J. Cook completed the mapping of the known phosphogenic areas in Queensland when they mapped the eastern margin of the Georgina Basin in the Mount Isa/Urandangi area. Associated palaeontological, petrological, and geochemical studies were also carried out.

The Herberton/Mount Garnet area is situated in north Queensland, southwest of Cairns (Fig. 1). It is bounded by latitudes 17°15'S and 17°45'S, and by longitudes 145°00'E and 145°30'E, and comprises 2885 sq km. The area is covered by the Herberton and Mount Garnet 1-mile Military map sheets, and lies within the Atherton 1:250,000 Sheet area. Almost the whole of the productive part of the Herberton Tinfield* is covered by the two 1-mile map sheets.

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