The Strategic Resources Exploration Program

URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/ds000074

The **[Strategic Resources Exploration Program](https://www.resources.qld.gov.au/mining-resources/initiatives/strategic-resources-exploration-program)** (SREP) was proposed to expand resource exploration and development for base metals and gas in North West Queensland.  SREP forms a key component of the  **[Strategic Blueprint for Queensland's North West Minerals Province](https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/regions/regional-priorities/strategic-blueprint-nwmp)**, supporting exploration for the next round of mineral deposits to ensure economic longevity and community resilience in the North West.  The program was active from 2017-2021.  
Key outcomes of the SREP included:  

 - Geophysics to pinpoint the locations of potential new mineral prospects over wide areas  
 - Geochemistry programs to identify geochemical and hydrogeochemical anomalism in surface and water samples, which may be related to base metal deposits under cover  
 - Mineral synthesis studies to develop a comprehensive and integrated understanding of the geology of the North West Minerals Province  
 - Research into advanced analytical techniques used in the discovery of mineral deposits in frontier regions  
 - Exploration for gas in the Georgina, South Nicholson and Isa Super Basins  
 - The **[Geoscience Data Modernisation Program](https://www.resources.qld.gov.au/mining-resources/initiatives/geoscience-data-modernisation-project)**, to modernise legacy systems and enabling data driven exploration and resource development opportunities for Queensland  
 - funding for the **[Collaborative Exploration Initiative](https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/mining-energy-water/resources/geoscience-information/exploration-incentives/exploration-grants)**, expanding and building on the past success of the Collaborative Drilling Initiative.  


## Geophysics

- **[Cloncurry North Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric Survey](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/magnetic/mg001377)** - 102,000 line km geophysical survey covering over 9,000 sq km north of Cloncurry flown at 100m line interval.  
- **[Central Isa Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric Survey](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/magnetic/mg001391)** - 89,000 line km geophysical survey covering over 8,000 sq km east of Mount Isa flown at 100m at line interval.   
- **[Lawn Hill Gravity Survey](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/gv100036)** - Regional ground gravity survey with 7230 gravity stations collected at approximately 1km station spacing in the Lawn Hill area.  
- **[Cloncurry Extension Magnetotelluric Data](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/magnetotelluric/mt099998)** - Extension of the 2016 Cloncurry MT survey in the Eastern Succession of Mount Isa. This survey extends the coverage north-west from the original array with the same station spacing.   
- **[Cloncurry Extension Magnetotelluric Report](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr124399)** - Cloncurry Extension Magnetotelluric Survey Report provides data analysis and preliminary 2D inversions to accompany the survey data.    
- **[Camooweal Deep Seismic](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/seismic/ss095590)** - 2D seismic survey conducted in 2019 with a primary aim to improve understanding of basin architecture underlying the area and to provide data in an area with limited exploration.
## Geochemistry
 
-  **[Geochemistry Tool Kit](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr108260)**  - The Geochemistry tool kit reviews a range of techniques to enhance geochemical exploration practice and encourage exploration in north-west Queensland  
- **[The Domain Map of Northwest Queensland](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr119416)** - A compendium to the Geochemistry Tool Kit that includes an updated Depth to Basement model and GIS of the geochemical domains  
- **[Mineral Chemistry for Mineral System Geochemical Vectoring](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr126164)**  - Undertaken by the Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES) in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Queensland, the first systematic study of the trace element chemistry of a suite of common hydrothermal minerals from mineralisation and alteration of many Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) deposits in Queensland, including Ernest Henry, SWAN and Starra as well as sediment-hosted Cu deposits in the western Mount Isa Province.
- **[Hydrogeochemistry of Undercover Areas in the Eastern Mount Isa Province](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr125268)** - Review of the mineral prospectivity of the eastern Mt Isa Block using groundwater geochemistry, defining new areas of interest requiring further investigation.

## Mineral Synthesis   


- **[Igneous Geology of the Mary Kathleen Domain](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr126281)**  - GSQ Record focusing on the Igneous rocks of the Mary Kathleen Domain as well as some units in adjacent domains, with emphasis on granitoids of the Wonga Batholith, a major component of the Mary Kathleen Domain.
- **Mary Kathleen Geochronology Reports** - Geochronology reports completed as part of  Mary Kathleen Domain Geology Program   
**[GSQ Record 2019/02](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr117261)  
[GSQ Record 2020/04](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr121409)  
[GSQ Record 2021/01](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr126293)**  
- **[Magma Fertility Concepts in the Mary Kathleen Domain](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr128333)** -  Magmatic History, Fertility and Metallogenesis of the Mary Kathleen Domain of the Mt Isa Inlier report compiled by EGRU - JCU  
- **[Geochemistry database analysis](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr130026)** - Contractor-supplied analysis of available whole rock geochemistry for identification of igneous suites, supersuites and a focus on mafic rocks for tectonomagmatic inferences and petrogenesis  
- **Central Mary Kathleen Domain and Landsborough Graben Solid Geology Interpretation** - Report to come
- **[Eastern Mount Isa Province IOCG Data Package](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/data/report/cr129454)** - This data release as part of the GSQ Reference Collection project focusses on the geochemical and mineralogical data collected by GSQ for IOCG deposits in the eastern Mount Isa Province.   
- **[Ernest Henry Camp Scale Study data release](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr125339)** - Data collection methods and observations on the alteration halo and geochemical signature of ore mineralisation of the Ernest Henry deposit
- **[Cloncurry Mineral Systems](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr126168)** - The world-first district-wide comprehensive multi-property petrophysical and mineralogical database for 1,590 samples from 23 Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) and ‘Broken Hill-type’ (BHT) Ag-Pb-Zn deposits in the Cloncurry District of the Mount Isa Province, completed by CSIRO in collaboration with GSQ  
- **[Tick Hill Gold Deposit](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr125258)** - Combines new petrological, geochemical, mapping and geochronological results, with materials from past exploration reports regarding this enigmatic deposit 
- **[Deposit Atlas](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/ds000036)** - Atlas of major deposits in the Northwest Mineral Province including 3D Models and pdf report for each deposit.   
- **[NWMP Data-Driven Mineral Exploration And Geological Mapping](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr113697)** - Data-Driven Mineral Exploration And Geological Mapping Report undertaken by CSIRO Mineral Resources and Data61
- **[Cobalt and HREE Mineral Systems In The Mount Isa Block](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr111110)** - Report on Cobalt and REE Prospectivity by KDC Consulting
 
## Updated Geological Products   
- **[North-West Queensland Mineral Province Geoscience Compilation and Solid Geological Interpretation Of The Southern Eastern Fold Belt](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/cr108143)** - New solid geology mapping GIS of the southern Eastern Fold Belt
- **[Central Eastern Fold Belt, North West Queensland Solid Geology Interpretation and Insights from Crustal Architecture](https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/report/cr123565)** - New solid geology mapping GIS of the central Eastern Fold Belt

![Map of SREP Dataset locations in North West Queensland](https://gsq-prod-ckan-horizon-public.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/Dataset/DS000074/SREP_Datasets.jpg)

Organization: Geological Survey of Queensland