NORTHERN TERRITORY

WESTERN AUSTRALIAQUEENSLAND

NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORIA

TASMANIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ACT

INDONESIA PAPUA NEWGUINEA

Mackay

Townsville

CairnsNormanton

Alice Springs

Mount Isa

PERTH

Albany

Esperance

Carnarvon

Geraldton

Port Hedland

Broome

DARWIN

Oodnadatta

Ceduna

ADELAIDE

Mildura

Warrnambool

MELBOURNE

HOBART

CANBERRA

SYDNEYWollongong

Newcastle

Bourke

TamworthPort Macquarie

Grafton

BRISBANE

Longreach

Gladstone

TORRES STRAIT

CORAL SEA

Great

Reef

Barrier

Gulf ofCarpentaria

TASMANSEA

BASS STRAIT

Great Australian Bight

INDIAN

OCEAN

TIMOR SEA

JosephBonaparte

Gulf

2000m

200m

1000m

200m

2000m

1000m

200m

200m

1000m2000m

Teutonic BoreJaguar

Trilogy

Golden Grove

Magellan

WilgaCurrawong

Menninnie Dam

Balcooma

Thalanga

Lewis Ponds

Cloe - Jackson

Dugald River

Browns

Beltana

Abra

Kangaroo Caves

Fossil Downs

McArthur River

HellyerRosebery

CanningtonSulphur Springs

Lennons Find

Admiral Bay

Pillara Kutarta

Cadjebut

Koongie Park

Sandy Creek

Pegmont

Mount IsaGeorge Fisher

Lady Loretta

Century

Mount Garnet

MunganaKing Vol

Broken HillEndeavor

Hera

Bowdens

Woodlawn

Angas

Bentley

Wonawinta

Mount Dore

Victoria

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8o

16o

24o

32o

40o

108o120o 132o 144o

156o

40o

32o

24o

16o

WoodcuttersRum Jungle

Surveyor 1Dry River South

Liontown

Silver King

Altia

CSA

Belara

Wet Lagoon

Que RiverMount FarrellComstock

Zeehan

Ediacara North Flinders

Potosi

ScuddlesNorthampton

Prairie Downs

KapokEmull

Lamboo

Sorby HillsHargeaves

Walford Creek

Explorer 108

Mount Clement

Conrad

Foresthome

AUSTRALIAN LEAD ANDZINC RESOURCES

(Sheet 1: Resources by region)

Lead-zinc occurrenceMineral deposits with 1 to 10 000 tonnes of lead and zinc (39)Mineral deposits with 10 000 to 100 000 tonnes of lead and zinc (72)Mineral deposits with 100 000 to 1 million tonnes of lead and zinc (62)Mineral deposits with 1 to 10 million tonnes of lead and zinc (15)

Mineral deposits with 10 to 40 million tonnes of lead and zinc (3)

Mineral deposits with more than 40 million tonnes of lead and zinc (2)

Geological regions with up to 10 000 tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions with 10 000 to 100 000 tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions with 100 000 to 1 million tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions with 1 to 10 million tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions with 10 to 40 million tonnes lead and zincGeological regions with 40 to 80 million tonnes lead and zincGeological regions with more than 80 million tonnes of lead and zincGeological regions boundary, broken where subdivided

LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTIONCentral Meridian: 134oE Standard Parallels: 18oS, 36oS

Geocentric Datum of Australia

SCALE 1:10 000 0000 100 200 300 400 500 Kilometres

Compiled by: S. Jaireth, K. Porritt Cartography by G.A. Young, V.A. Cooper © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2010. This material is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia Licence This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealings for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without permission. Inquiries should be directed to the Communication Unit, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra City, ACT, 2601, Australia Geoscience Australia has tried to make the information in this product as accurate as possible. However, it does not guarantee that the information is totally accurate or complete. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD NOT RELY SOLELY ON THIS INFORMATION WHEN MAKING A COMMERCIAL DECISION Published by Geoscience Australia, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Canberra, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism Copies of this map may be downloaded from the Geoscience Australia website at: http://www.ga.gov.au This map is based on information compiled from publicly available sources on Some 193 Australian lead and zinc deposits, including world-class and large deposits. Compilation of data is ongoing Deposit size is the total tonnage of lead and zinc that is or was in a deposit as estimated by Geoscience Australia. It was derived by summing the aggregate production from a deposit and the current or remaining resources in that deposit Regional resources are the aggregate of resources in deposits occurring in the region. Regions defined here are based on Geoscience Australia’s Georegions feature class. Subdivisions of the Canning Basin, Lachlan Orogen, and Yilgarn Craton are based on data from published sources Location information used in this map is derived from Geoscience Australia's Ozmin database for deposits and Minloc for lead and zinc occurrences. Ozmin data for each deposit, including resources, can be accessed at: http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au It is recommended that this map be referred to as: Jaireth, S., Porritt, K., 2010, Australian Lead and Zinc Resources (Sheet 1: Resources by region), March 2010 Edition, 1:10 000 000 scale map, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia Geocat No 70244 ISBN: 978 1 921672 92 7

MARCH 2010 EDITION

Number of deposits shown in brackets

Global resources of lead and zinc by age

Proterozoic80.2%

Paleozoic16.7%

Archean2.8%

Mesozoic0.3%

Global resources of lead and zinc by region

Mount Isa43.0%

(J)

Broken Hill20.8%

(M)

McArthur 11.8% (I)Dundas 4.4% (P)

Eastern Lachlan3.2% (O)

Darling 2.4% (N)Willara Sub-basin 2.1% (D)

Murchison 2.0% (B)Bangemall 1.7% (A)

Pine Creek 1.2% (H)Fitzroy Trough 0.7% (F)

Lennard Shelf 0.7% (E)Nabberu 0.7% (C)Bonaparte 0.6% (G)

Cairns 0.6% (K)Adelaide 0.5% (L)

Other Regions 3.6%

Major regions

A

B

C

DE

F

GH

I

JK

L M NO

P

'Other Regions' include regions with less than 1% of global resources:Rocky Cape Georgetown Eastern Pilbara Charters Towers Halls Creek Central Lachlan Eastern Goldfields Wiso Torrens Gawler South Nicholson Central Pilbara Fraser

Proserpine New England Northampton Southern Cross Kanmantoo Arunta Ashburton Wonominta Litchfield Western Pilbara Paterson King Leopold

0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1 0000.01

0.1

1

10

100

'Other types' includes deposit types withless than 1% of global resources: Cu-Au (Pb-Zn) skarn Iron oxide Cu-Au (U) Post-Archean lode Au-Cu (Pb-Zn) - unique to zinc Low-sulphidation epithermal Polymetallic vein and replacement Porphyry Cu (Pb-Zn)Only deposits with both grade and tonnage of ore have been plotted

Deposit types containing lead and zinc BHT/Sullivan-type Zn-Pb-Ag (Cu-Au) Cobar-type Zn-Pb-Cu (Ag-Au) Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb-Ag Mount Isa-type Zn-Pb-Ag Volcanic-associated massive sulphide Unknown Unconformity-related U (Au-base metals) Other deposits

(Colours indicate age of resources in each region)

Century

George Fisher

Mount Isa

McArthur RiverBroken Hill

10 000 t Zn

100 000 t Zn

1 mt Zn

10 mt Zn

10 t Zn metal

Zinc g

rade (

%)

1 000 t Zn

100 mt Zn

Zinc ore (million tonnes)

100 t Zn metal

Admiral Bay

CanningtonWoodlawn

Golden GroveEndeavor

Broken Hill - CML7 Hellyer

Dugald RiverRosebery

Lady Loretta

0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1 0000.01

0.1

1

10

100

100 t Pb metal

Cannington

George Fisher

Mount Isa

Broken HillMcArthur River

Admiral Bay

1 000 t Pb

10 000 t Pb

100 000 t Pb

1 mt Pb

100 mt Pb10 mt Pb

Lead

grad

e (%)

Lead ore (million tonnes)

10 t Pb metal

MagellanEndeavor

BrownsWoodlawn

Century