The McArthur Basin: NTGS’ approach to a frontier petroleum ......NTGS/CODES/CRA McArthur field...
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The McArthur Basin: NTGS’ approach to a frontier petroleum
basin with known base metal prospectivity
Dorothy Close
Director Regional Geoscience
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The McArthur Basin – world class • Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic basin
hosting the world class McArthur River Pb-Zn-Ag deposit (173.3 Mt @ 11.14% Zn, 4.74% Pb, 48.5 g/t Ag) in the Barney Creek Formation
• Frontier unconventional petroleum basin – flows at Glyde-1 of 3.33 mmscf/d equiv at 125 psi (45 min test) from fractured Coxco Dolostone Member
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Stratigraphy with known base metal and petroleum potential
• Palaeoproterozoic McArthur Group
• Mesoproterozoic RoperGroup
McArthur River Pb-Zn-Ab
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Stratigraphic correlations – within McArthur Basin
Wilton Package = Roper Group
Glyde Package = McArthur Group/ Habgood Group
Favenc package = Nathan Group
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The greater McArthur Basin • Stratigraphic correlations with Birrindudu
Basin and Tomkinson Province
Wilton Package equiv = Tijunna Grp + Renner Grp Favenc Package equiv = Wattie + Bullita Grps Glyde Package equiv = Limbunya Grp + Namerinni Grp
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The greater McArthur Basin – undercover extent
Represents over 20% of the Territory’s geology
Wilton Package + equivalents
Glyde Package + equivalents
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Data challenges
• Excellent 1:250k geological mapping • Extremely limited data at depth
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Outputs/datasets to improve understanding of the greater McArthur Basin and its potential
Produce 3D model • Potential field inversion &
modelling – basin evoluiton • Improve understanding and
characterisation of stratigraphy – at surface and at depth
• Tools: mapping, HyLogger, seismic data, new wells
Analysis of carbonaceous shales – hydrocarbon & metallogenic potential • Collate existing data and
analyses • Undertake standard suite
analysis where required
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Continual outputs – plea for data • Basin-wide to greater Basin-wide approach • Ongoing updates to 3D model – with regular public
release • Ongoing updates to resource datasets – with regular
public release • Collaboration and consultation with industry • 4 year objective to produce a complete revision of the
‘greater McArthur Basin’
NTGS/CODES/CRA McArthur field trip 1996
Proposed joint field trip through the type stratigraphy of southern McArthur Basin