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Report Series

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New reports released in the last 3 months

No. Title Author(s) Year 
1 Geology of the Keep River National Park Whitehead BR, Mulder CA 1985
2 Geology and mining history of the Arltunga goldfield 1887-1985 Mackie AW 1986
3 Geology of the Katherine Gorge National Park Whitehead BR, Mulder CA 1988
4 Geology of the Kings Canyon National Park Bagas L 1989
5 Geology of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station historical reserve Derriman MDF 1989
6 Geology of the Simpsons Gap National Park Wakelin-King GA 1989
7 Cambrian palaeontology of the Daly Basin Kruse PD 1990
8 A contribution of geology, petrology and geochemistry to the Cullen Batholith and related hydrothermal activity responsible for mineralization, Pine Creek Geosyncline, Northern Territory Bajwah ZU 1994
9 Cambrian palaeontology of the eastern Wiso and western Georgina Basins Kruse PD 1998
10 Atlas of the mineral occurrences and petroleum fields of the Northern Territory Wygralak AS, Ahmad M 1999
11 Gold deposits of the Northern Territory Ahmad M, Wygralak AS, Ferenczi PA 1999
12 Tectonic and thermal events in the northeastern Arunta Province Scrimgeour I, Raith J 2001
13 Iron ore, manganese and bauxite deposits of the Northern Territory Ferenczi PA 2001
14 Extractive minerals of the outer Darwin area Doyle N 2001
15 Geology of the Musgrave Block, Northern Territory Edgoose CJ, Scrimgeour IR, Close DF 2003
16 Tin-Tantalum pegmatite mineralisation of the Northern Territory Frater KM 2005
17 Geology and origin of some Cu-Pb-Zn (-Au-Ag) deposits in the Strangways Metamorphic Complex, Arunta Region, Northern Territory Hussey KJ, Huston DL, Claoué-Long JC 2005
18 Gold mineral system of the Tanami Region Wygralak AS, Mernagh TP, Huston DL, Ahmad M 2004
19 Geology and Mineral deposits of the Rum Jungle Mineral Field, Northern Territory Ahmad M, Lally JH, McCready AJ 2006
20 Uranium deposits of the Northern Territory Lally JH, Bajwah ZU 2006

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Record Series

* = superceded by a more recent publication

No. Title Author
2009-001 Summary of results. Joint NTGS-GA geochronology project: Central and eastern Arunta Region and Pine Creek Orogen, July 2006–May 2007. Carson CJ, Claoué-Long J, Stern R, Close DF, Scrimgeour IR and Glass LM
2008-005 Report on NBDH37, a cored diamond drillhole at Nolans Bore P-REE-Th-U deposit, Reynolds Range, Arunta Region (text report); Appendix 2 (PDF, 24.4MB); Appendix 3 (XLS, 750KB) Hussey KJ
2008-004 Composition, provenance and timing of hydrothermal fluids in the Tanami-Arunta regions Wygralak AS, Mernagh TP
2008-003 Summary of results. Joint NTGS-GA geochronology project: Tanami Region, Arunta Region, Pine Creek Orogen and Halls Creek Orogen correlatives, January 2005-March 2007 Worden K, Carson CJ, Close DF, donnellan N and Scrimgeour IR
2008-001 Georgina Basin stratigraphic drilling 2002-2006 and petrography 2000-2007 (text report); Appendix (PDF, 62.5MB) Kruse PD
2007-005 Review of NT Exploration Investment Attraction Programs 1999-2007 and recommendations for future strategies and work.  
2007-004 Geothermal energy potential of the Northern TerritoryReport only, GIS available on DVD from the Minerals and Energy InfoCentre.  
2007-003 Phosphate testing of waterbores and diamond drillcore in the Georgina, Wiso and Daly Basins, Northern Territory. Report only, GIS available on DVD from the Minerals and Energy InfoCentre.  
2007-002 Geology and volcanology of the Ware Group and Winnecke Granophyre, northern Tanami Region, Northern Territory  
2007-001 Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) 2007. Record of abstracts. Northern Territory Geological Survey.  
2006-006 Summary of Results. Joint NTGS-GA geochronology project: Pine Creek Orogen, Tanami Region, Arunta Region and Amadeus Basin, July-December 2004. Northern Territory Geological Survey. (PDF, 11.1MB) Available from the Minerals and Energy InfoCentre. Worden KE, Claoué-Long JC and Scrimgeour IR
2006-005 Summary of Results. Joint NTGS-GA geochronology project: Pine Creek Orogen and Arunta Region, January-June 2004. Northern Territory Geological Survey. Worden K, Claoué-Long JC, Scrimgeour IR and Doyle N
2006-004 Progress under Building the Territory's Resource Base from July 2003 to March 2006. Dunster JN
2006-003 Onshore hydrocarbon potential 2006.  
2006-002 AGES 2006, Record of Abstracts  
2005-001 Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) 2005. Record of abstracts. Northern Territory Geological Survey.  
2004-009 Mineral Commodities of the Northern Territory: compilation of seven 1989 reports prepared by Eupene Exploration Enterprises Pty Ltd  
2004-007 Drilling Manual Dunster JN
2004-001 Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) 2004. Record of abstracts. Northern Territory Geological Survey.  
2003-004 Rare Earth Element Mineralisation in the Eastern Arunta Region. Hussey K J
2002-005 Stratigraphy, structure and mineralisation, Rum Jungle Mineral Field, Northern Territory. (ZIP, 4.53MB) Lally JH
2002-004 Georgina Basin SEEBASE Project, April-May 2002. Teasdale J and Pryer L
2002-001 Northern Territory Geological Survey. Guide to NTGS authors. Second Edition.  
2001-011 Gold mineralisation of the Tanami Region. Wygralak A S and Mernagh T P (Geoscience Australia)
2001-007 Summary of results. Joint NTGS-AGSO age determination program 1999-2001. Smith J
2001-005 Stream Sediment Survey of Western MacDonnell Ranges (Text Report); Located Assay and Descriptive Statistics (1.82MB); Raw Analytical Data including Standards and Duplicates (275KB); Histograms and Box Plots (4.01MB) Dunster J N
2001-004 Structural geology of the Tanami Region. Vandenberg L C et al
2001-003 Igneous rocks of the Tanami Region. Dean A
2000-014 Tanami Region Geochemical Dataset. (zip, 5.63MB) Mugge A et al
2000-013 Palaeoproterozoic stratigraphy of the Tanami Region: regional correlations and relation to mineralisation - preliminary results. (zip, 5.59MB) Hendrickx M et al

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Commodity Studies

*Download available as Record 2004-009 (zip, 16.9MB)

Title Year
Copper deposits of the Northern Territory* 1989
Heavy mineral sand occurrences of the Northern Territory* 1989
Industrial mineral deposits of the Northern Territory* 1989
Lead, zinc and silver deposits of the Northern Territory* 1989
Platinum group metals in the Northern Territory* 1989
Rare earth element occurrences of the Northern Territory* 1989
Tin, tantalum and tungsten deposits of the Northern Territory* 1989

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Special and Other Publications

Title Author(s) Year Publication Type
A guide to the geology and landforms of central Australia Thompson RB 1995  
Introduction to the petroleum geology of the Northern Territory Australia Pegum DM 1997  
Pegging the Northern Territory: a history of mining in the Territory Jones TG 1987  
Review & Assessment of the NT Exploration Initiative (pdf, 2.19MB)   2003  
Review of the Northern Territory Geological Survey (pdf, 1.27MB)   2004  
Proceedings of the Central Australian Basins Symposium (CABS), Alice Springs Northern Territory, 16-18 August 2005 Munson TJ, Ambrose GJ 2007 Special Publication 2
Review of NT Exploration Investment Attraction Programs 1999-2007 and recommendations for future strategies and work   2007  

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Works in Progress

In order to expedite the delivery of geoscientific information to clients, certain NTGS products that are in an advanced stage of production can be downloaded via the links below, or ordered via the Minerals and Energy InfoCentre.

Composite NTGS drillhole logs, SW Amadeus Basin:

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Last Updated: 31 July 2009