Geology of the Proterozoic Davenport Province, Central Australia

The Davenport province consists of sedimentary, volcanic and intrusive rocks overlapped by flat-lying Palaeozoic sediments. Total recorded production amounts to about 4500 t tungsten concentrates and 15 kg gold from the Hatches Creek and Wauchope tungsten fields. This dataset from the Australian Ocean Data Network describes the geology, stratigraphy, and mineralisation of the region.

Use Cases

• Model mineral prospectivity based on described quartz veins with wolframite, scheelite, and auriferous quartz veins.
• Analyze sedimentary environments based on described fluvial (alluvial fan, braided stream) and shallow marine (including tidal) facies.
• Correlate stratigraphic units based on the described three subgroups, twenty formations, and two named members of the Hatches Creek Group.
• Study geochemical signatures based on described differences in Ti, P, Th, U, Zr, Nb, Y, Ca, Al, Sr, and V contents between volcanic groups.

Strengths

• Describes a stratigraphic sequence at least 10 km thick with detailed lithological breakdown.
• Includes specific production figures: about 4500 t tungsten concentrates and 15 kg gold.
• Provides precise geochronological references, such as rocks dated to 1870 Ma and 1810-1820 Ma.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on central Australia.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Proterozoic to Palaeozoic

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 00:52:58.121598; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Davenport province, central Australia, between the Tennant Creek province and Arunta Inlier.