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XRD mineralogy of sedimentary rocks from the Birrindudu and McArthur Basins

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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The Birrindudu Basin is a region of focus for the second phase of the Exploring for the Future program (EFTF; 2020–2024) as it contains strata of similar age to the prospective McArthur Basin, South Nicholson region and Mount Isa Province, but remains comparatively poorly understood.

In order to provide an improved understanding of the stratigraphy, basin architecture and resource potential of the Birrindudu Basin and surrounding region, Geoscience Australia, in collaboration with the Northern Territory Geological Survey and CSIRO is acquiring a range of datasets as part of phase two of EFTF.

This data release presents XRD results from 79 bulk core samples from the Birrindudu and McArthur basins. This report and the associated analyses were conducted by CSIRO, under contract to Geoscience Australia.

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Title XRD mineralogy of sedimentary rocks from the Birrindudu and McArthur Basins
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/eda3004b-d2b9-4a47-b15e-35f96d6c41ed
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Reference Period 01/12/2023
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "XRD mineralogy of sedimentary rocks from the Birrindudu and McArthur Basins". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/xrd-mineralogy-of-sedimentary-rocks-from-the-birrindudu-and-mcarthur-basins