Geological Survey of the Burdekin River Region, Queensland, 1961-1967

A geological bulletin summarizing regional mapping results from a 67,000 km² area near Townsville, Queensland. The work was conducted by the Bureau of Mineral Resources and the Geological Survey of Queensland between 1961 and 1967. It details the geological evolution, sedimentary basins, and economic geology of the region from the Precambrian to the Cainozoic era.

Use Cases

• Modeling regional geological evolution based on described stratigraphy and orogenic events.
• Assessing mineral resource potential based on described economic geology and structural features.
• Correlating sedimentary basin development based on described sequences from the Silurian to the Permian.
• Studying paleoenvironmental changes based on described alternations of marine and continental conditions.

Strengths

• Covers a large, defined area of 67,000 km².
• Based on systematic regional mapping conducted over a 6-year period (1961-1967).
• Provides a detailed chronological narrative of geological events spanning hundreds of millions of years.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is presented as a PDF/HTML bulletin, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Bureau of Mineral Resources and the Geological Survey of Queensland.

Collection Method

Regional mapping by field teams.

Time Range

Geological events from Precambrian to Cainozoic; mapping conducted 1961-1967.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:29:06.377652; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Burdekin River region near Townsville, Queensland, Australia (67,000 km²).