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Queensland Day Trips

• QLD-D1 Geology of Brisbane
• QLD-D2 The Glasshouse Mountains
• QLD-D3B Stradbroke Island and Moreton Bay
• QLD-D4B The Tweed Shield
• QLD-D5 The Scenic Rim of Queensland
• QLD-D6 Engineering Geology in SE QLD
• QLD-D7A Toowoomba Industrial Minerals
• QLD-D7B Toowoomba Industrial Minerals
• QLD-D8A Sunshine Coast Construction Materials
• QLD-D8B Sunshine Coast Construction Materials

Queensland Field Trips

• Q-1A Geology of Heron Island
• Q-1B Geology of Heron Island
• Q-2 Mineralisation of the Mount Isa Region
• Q-3 Mount Isa Crustal Evolution
• Q-4 The Queensland Energy Province
• Q-5 Whitsunday Volcanics & Tectonism
• Q-6 Cretaceous Northern Great Artesian Basin
• Q-7 (No Longer Available)
• Q-8A Fraser Island Natural and Geological Beauty
• Q-8B Fraser Island Natural and Geological Beauty
• Q-9A (No Longer Available)
• Q-9B (No Longer Available)
• Q-10 Cracow-Gympie Gold
• Q-11 Nth Qld: 1700 million years of Earth History

New South Wales Field Trips

• NSW-1 (No Longer Available)
• NSW-5 Bega - Murrumbidgee Batholiths
• NSW-6 (No Longer Available)
• NSW-7 Oroclinal Bending in the Sthn New England

Victoria Field Trips

• V-2 (No Longer Available)
• V-3 Otway Basin Carbon Capture and Storage

Tasmania Field Trips

• T-1 (No Longer Available)
• T-2 Ore Deposits of Tasmania

South Australia Field Trips

• S-2 (No Longer Available)
• S-4 Ediacaran-Cambrian of South Australia

Northern Territory Field Trips

• NT-1 Geology of Uluru - Alice Springs Region
• NT-2 (No Longer Available)

Western Australia Field Trips

• WA-1 Yilgarn Craton
• WA-2 A billion years of Earth history
• WA-3 (No Longer Available)
• WA-4 Shark Bay: Stromatolites and World Heritage

New Zealand Field Trips

• NZ-1 North Island: Active Volcanism
• NZ-2 North Island - Auckland Volcanic Field
• NZ-3 Pliocene to Miocene Wanganui & Taranaki
• NZ-4 South Island: Plate Boundary Structure

New Caledonia Field Trip

• NCAL-1 New Caledonia Subduction/Obduction

Malaysia Field Trip

• MY-1 Langkawi Geopark

Papua New Guinea Field Trips

• PNG-1 (No Longer Available)
• PNG-2 Port Moresby-Popondetta-Kokoda-Madang

Q-3 Mount Isa Crustal Evolution

 

Pre Trip	Monday 30th July to Saturday 4th August 2012 (6 days and 5 nights)
Start/Finish	Starts in Mt Isa - Finishes in Mt Isa (Numbers limited to 20)
Cost	Land:$1700 per person share twin/double Single Supplement:$575 Air:$550
Description	Travel into outback Queensland to study crustal evolution of the Mount Isa region, with its Proterozoic sequences, its relationships to the Precambrian Rodinia and Nuna (Columbia) supercontinents.  Examine aspects of regional structure, chronostratigraphy, magmatic history and basin architecture in the western and eastern successions.
Highlights	Mount Isa, major mines, outback Queensland, wildlife.
Leader	Dr George Gibson, Geoscience Australia
Notes	Specific joining instructions apply to this field trip and will be provided upon receipt and confirmation of trip booking.
Booking with Flight included Booking with no Flight This field trip can be booked with a flight to Brisbane from the end point of the field trip inclusive. If booked with the field trip then your flight will be confirmed as part of the IGC seats allocated on flights . If you book without the flight it will be the responsibility of the delegate to book the flight to return from the end of the field trip to Brisbane. These seats cannot be booked as part of the IGC allocation and you will only have the publicly available seats on the flight. (Additional cost see above)   * Flight bookings DO NOT include arrangements for you from your home port to or from the field trips and congress. These bookings can be done as a separate arrangement
Itinerary
Day 1	Mt Isa to Gunpowder Mine	Monday 30th July
	Fly from Brisbane to Mount Isa. On arrival you will be collected from the airport and driven to Gunpowder Mine to view the syn-rift stratigraphic section through Calvert and lower Isa superbasin near the mine. Return to Gunpowder Mine for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: L/D	Overnight: Onsite at Gunpowder Mine
Day 2	Gunpowder Mine	Tuesday 31st July
	After breakfast travel to view the Syn-rift stratigraphic sections through Leichhardt and Isa superbasins at Crocodile, followed by Barr Hole, Hole-in-Wall and/or the Esperanza sections. Return to Gunpowder Mine for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: B/L /D	Overnight: Onsite at Gunpowder Mine
Day 3	Gunpowder Mine to Cloncurry	Wednesday 1st August
	After breakfast spend the day viewing the Leichhardt-Kalkadoon basement, post-rift Quilalar transgressive sequence, Argylla Formation, syn-extensional granites of Wonga Belt and overlying Leichhardt superbasin sequence. Arrive into Cloncurry for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: B /L/ D	Overnight: Motel in Cloncurry
Day 4	Cloncurry to Mt Isa	Thursday 2nd August
	After breakfast travel to view the deep water turbidites of Soldiers Cap Group. Return to Isa to view the Lake Moondarra section through sequence that hosts Mount Isa-style mineralization. Arrive at your motel for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: B /L/ D	Overnight: Motel in Mount Isa
Day 5	Mt Isa	Friday 3rd August
	After breakfast spend the day visiting Mount Isa Mine leases with Xstrata staff, Sybella Granite and Mica Creek. Return to your motel for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: B /L/ D	Overnight: Motel in Mount Isa
Day 6	Depart Mt Isa	Saturday 4th August
	After breakfast, make your own way to the to the airport for your onward flight to Brisbane for the Congress.
	Meals: B
Important Notes:
	1. This field trip is not suitable for children.
Equipment Required:
	All participants to bring sunscreen, wide-brimmed hat, water bottle and long sleeved shirt. Hard hats, boots and fluorescent vests supplied for mine visit.