The Yilgarn online GIS displays a wide range of data including geological datasets, topographical data, geophysical images and seismic traverses, whole rock geochemistry and geochronology samples. It provides an aeromagnetic interpretation (lithology distribution and structure) and a geological interpretation of the Archaean Yilgarn Craton, one of Australia's key mineral provinces. The online GIS also focuses on the Leonora-Neale Transect, by providing a detailed solid geology interpretation of the section. The Yilgarn Craton occurs within Western Australia and covers 10% of the Australian continent. Exposure of bedrock is extremely poor throughout the region and most known mineral deposits occur within or adjacent to sparse outcrop. The online GIS provides a view through the poorly magnetised cover to display bedrock distribution. Interpreted rock types of the region include granite, granitic gneiss, layered intrusions and sills. Interpreted structural elements include lithological banding, faults, and dyke swarms. Also presented are several surrounding and partially overlying Proterozoic and Phanerozoic basins and provinces.
The Yilgarn Craton is arguably Australia's premier mineral province, attracting more than half the mineral exploration expenditure, and producing two thirds of the gold and most of the nickel mined in the country. For this reason, the online GIS provides the ability to display all deposits in the region or the option of displaying gold or nickel deposits only. Distribution of mineral deposits can be compared to other data layers including geology, and aeromagnetic domains.
This map has been produced as a GeoPDF, which is an extension to the standard PDF file format viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Layers can be turned off and on to customise the view of the data, similar to using Geographic Information System tools. In addition, GeoPDF maps are georeferenced to be compatible with other coordinated geographic data. Coordinate locations and distances can be retrieved automatically.
A plug-in to view GeoPDF using Adobe Acrobat Reader is available as a free download ( http://terragotech.com/solutions/map2pdf_reader.php ).
