Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2019
Authors: Teagan Blaikie*, Marcus Kunzmann
Date Published: September 2019
Number of Pages: 4
Abstract:
The Proterozoic McArthur Basin, located in the north-east Northern Territory, preserves several large sediment hosted Zn-Pb-Ag mineral deposits. These deposits are hosted within sub-basins that developed during deposition of the McArthur Group. Geophysical interpretation and modelling have allowed the mapping of the location and faults bounding sub-basins within the central Batten Fault Zone (southern McArthur Basin). Two styles of sub-basin are recognised. Transtensional sub-basins developed between segments of the north–northwest-trending Emu Fault Zone. Approximately east–west-trending sub-basins developed adjacent to east–west-trending normal and north–northwest-trending transfer faults.