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Mining/Expl Titles

Current Titles

Group 1 (Metallic Minerals)

Group 2 (Non-metallic Minerals)

Group 3 (Semi-Precious Stones)

Group 4 (Marine Aggregate)

Group 5 (Clay Minerals)

Group 6 (Diamond, Corundum, Ruby, Sapphire)

Group 7 (Opal)

Group 8 (Geothermal Substances)

Group 9 (Coal and Oil Shale)

Group 10 (Mineral Sands)

Group 11 (Uranium, Thorium)

Assessment

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Geology & Geophysics

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NSW 3M Geology

NSW 1.5M Geology

Ternary radioelement K-Th-U

Total Magnetic Intensity Reduced-To-Pole

1st Vertical Derivative of TMI RTP

TMI RTP over tilt filtered TMI RTP

Isostatic gravity

Isos grav over tilt filtered TMI RTP

Digital Elevation Model

NSW 1.5M Metallogenic

NSW 1.5M Structural

NSW 1M Stratotectonic

NSW 1M Geology 1972

Detailed Geology Maps

Printed maps are available
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Balaclava

BreweryWell

BrokenHill

CambellsCreek

Corona

DoylesCreek

Euriowie

GairdnersTank

GlenIdol

JerrysPlains

Kinalung

LakesCreek

MtArrowsmith

MtBrowne

MountGipps

Muswellbrook

Oakdale

Pinnacles

Purnamoota

Redan

Rockwell

Silverton

Singleton

StephensCreek

Thackaringa

Tibooburra

TripleChance

Umberumberka

Warratta

Yalcowinna

YancoGlen

BrokenHillSouthEast

BrokenHillSW

EuriowieNorth

EuriowieSouth

MoleTableland

Burragorang

Coricudgy

GlenAlice

GlenDavis

Jamison

Katoomba

Kiama

Melong

MittagongBullio

MossValeWingello

NowraToolijooa

Olinda

Robertson

Windsor

Wollongong

Yerranderie

Araluen

BarePoint

Bathurst

Berridale

Blayney

Bobadah

BoganGate

Boorandarra

Boorowa

Braidwood

Brindabella

BHStrat

Bulladelah

Bunda

Camberwell

Cambelego

Canberra

Cargelligo

Cessnock

Clive

Cobar

Cobbora

CobhamLake

Condobolin

Cootamundra

Cowra

Crookwell

Drake

Dubbo

Dungog

Euchareena

Gindoono

GosfordLakeMacquarie

Goulburn

Grasmere

Grenfell

Gulgong

Gunning

Hillston

Kayrunnera

Kilparney

LachlanDowns

Manilla

Marsden

Merriwagga

Michelago

Milparinka

Molong

MountAllen

Mudgee

Narooma

Newcastle

Nuchea

Numbla

Nymagee

Oberon

OliveDowns

Orange

Parkes

ParkesSpecial

Penrith

PortStephens

RankinsSprings

Sydney

Tantangara

Taralga

TheMeadows

Torrowangee-FowlersGap

Tullibigeal

Tumut

Ungarie

Wellington

WollongongPortHacking

Wonnaminta

Woodburn

Wrightville

Wyalong

Yancannia

Yantara

GunnedahNorth

GunnedahSouth

Hunter

Southern

WesternNorth

WesternSouth

Bourke

BrokenHillSP

CargelligoNarrandera

DorrigoCoffsHarbour

Forbes

GraftonMaclean

Inverell

ManillaNarrabri

Narromine

TamworthHastings

Ulladulla

WaggaWagga

WarwickTweedHeads

CobarSP

LochLillyKars

AnaBranch

Barnato

BegaMallacoota

Booligal

Engonnia

Gilgandra

Goondiwindi

Grafton

Hastings

Ivanhoe

Jerilderie

Louth

Maclean

Manara

Menindee

Moree

Narrabri

Nyngan

Pooncarrie

StGeorge

Tallangatta

Tamworth

TweedHeads

Urisino

Walgett

Warwick

Wilcannia

Yantabulla

Coastal

BegaNorth

BegaSouth

CoffsHarbour

Eurobodalla

Forster

Kempsey

Lismore

NelsonBay

PortMacquarie

Shoalhaven

Taree

ShellharbourKiama

Regolith

QuarryHill

EaglesNest

WhiteElephant

CobarNorth

CobarSouth

CSACobar

FlyingDoctor

Hazeldean

ConnersPaddock

HotelPaddock

LakePaddock

SandstoneRidge

SouthSandstone

Byrock

ElCapitan

KinalungQuondong

KrawareeWest

Miandetta

MtGipps

TibooburraInlier

Tomingley

Wahratta

Wombat

NowraBerry

BooberoiQuandialla

CootamundraNorth

CootamundraSouth

ByrockGamma

ByrockTMI

Canbelego

Coolabah

GreenhillsBagoMaragle

Hermidale

Sussex

Gilmore

BathurstLandform

Thomson

3D Structural Symbols

Concept and symbology devised by Prof. Tom Blenkinsop
Visualising Structural Geology: from Excel to Google Earth

Basins, Orogens & Cratons

Sedimentary Basins

Orogens & Cratons

Soil & Landscape Grid of Australia
Researchers from across Australia have joined together to develop the most detailed digital soil maps of the country’s soil and landscape attributes. The Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia provides relevant, consistent, comprehensive data in an easily-accessible format.
Each soil attribute product is a collection of rasters made up of 6 depth slices, each with an upper and lower uncertainty limit associated with it. The maps are generated using novel spatial modelling and digital soil mapping (DSM) techniques to produce a fine resolution 3 arc-second grid of soil attribute values and their uncertainties, across all of Australia. The data is consistent with the specifications of the GlobalSoilMap and is managed as part of the Australian Soil Resource Information System (ASRIS).
The data displayed here as Web Mapping Services (WMS) can be downloaded as GIS raster layers from the CSIRO Data Access Portal or from Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia web site
The Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia Facility has also produced a comprehensive fine-resolution grid of important land surface parameters. There are 16 landscape attribute products available.

National Soil Property Maps
National Soil Attribute Maps
The Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia National Soil Attribute Maps are generated by combining Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) products available across Australia that increase the evidence base for the final maps. The maps are combined by calculating a variance weighted mean for each pixel. Two Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) methods have been utilised across and in various parts of Australia in the production of the maps, these being;
Decision trees with piecewise linear models with kriging of residuals developed from soil site data across Australia. (Viscarra Rossel et al., 2015)
Disaggregation of existing polygon soil mapping using DSMART (Odgers et al. 2015);
Version 1 of the National Soil Attribute Maps combines mapping from the
Australia-wide Three-dimensional Digital Soil Attribute Maps. These maps cover all of Australia.
Western Australia Polygon Disaggregation Maps. These maps cover those areas of Western Australia with good quality contiguous polygon mapping.
South Australian Agricultural Areas Polygon Disaggregation Maps. These maps cover the cropping zones of South Australia.
Tasmanian State-wide DSM Maps.These maps cover all of Tasmania.

Bulk Density (Whole Earth)
Bulk Density of the whole soil (including coarse fragments) in mass per unit volume by a method equivalent to the core method using a pedotransfer function
Legend:
A detailed data description can be viewed on the CSIRO Data Access Portal

Bulk Density (Whole Earth) : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Bulk Density (Whole Earth) : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Bulk Density (Whole Earth) : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Organic Carbon
Mass fraction of carbon by weight in the less than 2 mm soil material as determined by dry combustion at 900° C
Legend:
A detailed data description can be viewed on the CSIRO Data Access Portal

Organic Carbon : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Organic Carbon : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Organic Carbon : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Clay
less than 2 um mass fraction of the less than 2 mm soil material determined using the pipette method
Legend:
A detailed data description can be viewed on the CSIRO Data Access Portal

Clay : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Clay : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Clay : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Silt
2-20 um mass fraction of the less than 2 mm soil material determined using the pipette method

Silt : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Silt : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Silt : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Sand
20 um - 2 mm mass fraction of the less than 2 mm soil material determined using the pipette method

Sand : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Sand : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Sand : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

pH CaCl2
pH of 1:5 soil/0.01M calcium chloride extract

pH CaCl2 : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

pH CaCl2 : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

pH CaCl2 : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Available Water Capacity
Available water capacity computed for each of the specified depth increments. Weight of the potential water storage in each layer (Gravimetric) as a percentage

Available Water Capacity : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Available Water Capacity : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Available Water Capacity : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Total Nitrogen
Total nitrogen in the soil

Total Nitrogen : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Total Nitrogen : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Total Nitrogen : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Total Phosphorus
Total phosphorous in the soil

Total Phosphorus : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Total Phosphorus : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Total Phosphorus : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Effective Cation Exchange Capacity
Cations extracted using Barium Chloride (BaCl2) plus exchangeable H + Al

Effective Cation Exchange Capacity : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Effective Cation Exchange Capacity : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Effective Cation Exchange Capacity : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Depth of Regolith
Depth to hard rock. Depth is inclusive of all regolith.

Depth of Regolith : Estimated Value

Depth of Soil
Depth of soil profile (A & B horizons)

Depth of Soil : Estimated Value

Australia Wide 3D property Maps
Australia-wide Three-dimensional Digital Soil Attribute Maps.
These maps cover all of Australia.
The continent wide maps developed using piecewise linear regression from a collation of all Australian soil site data with environmental covariates (eg. terrain, climate, geophysics) are refered to as the Australia-wide Three-dimensional Digital Soil Attribute Maps.

Regional

Western Australia
Western Australia Polygon Disaggregation Maps.
These maps cover those areas of Western Australia with good quality contiguous polygon mapping.
Regional maps have been produced for parts of South Australia, for Western Australia, and for Tasmania utilising local data and resources. In Western Australia and South Australia a polygon map unit disagregation modelling technique called DSMART was used.
In these regions the models are based on the best available, contiguous and correlated soil polygon information.
These soil attribute maps for Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania are collectively referred to as Regional Maps

Bulk Density (Fine Earth)
Bulk Density of the fine earth in mass per unit volume by a method equivalent to the core method using a pedotransfer function

Bulk Density (Fine Earth) : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Bulk Density (Fine Earth) : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Bulk Density (Fine Earth) : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

pH Soil Water
1:5 soil water

pH Soil Water : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

pH Soil Water : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

pH Soil Water : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Available Water Capacity (Volumetric)
Available water capacity computed for each of the specified depth increments. Potential water storage in each layer (Volumetric) as a percentage

Available Water Capacity (Volumetric) : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Available Water Capacity (Volumetric) : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Available Water Capacity (Volumetric) : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Coarse Fragments
mass fraction of the soil material > 2 mm

Coarse Fragments : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Coarse Fragments : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Coarse Fragments : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

South Australia
South Australian Agricultural Areas Polygon Disaggregation Maps.
These maps cover the cropping zones of South Australia.
Regional maps have been produced for parts of South Australia, for Western Australia, and for Tasmania utilising local data and resources. In Western Australia and South Australia a polygon map unit disagregation modelling technique called DSMART was used.
In these regions the models are based on the best available, contiguous and correlated soil polygon information.
These soil attribute maps for Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania are collectively referred to as Regional Maps

Cation Exchange Capacity
Cations extracted using Barium Chloride (BaCl2) plus exchangeable H + Al

Cation Exchange Capacity : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Cation Exchange Capacity : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Cation Exchange Capacity : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Tasmania
Tasmanian State-wide DSM Maps.
These maps cover all of Tasmania.
Regional maps have been produced for parts of South Australia, for Western Australia, and for Tasmania utilising local data and resources. In Western Australia and South Australia a polygon map unit disagregation modelling technique called DSMART was used.
In these regions the models are based on the best available, contiguous and correlated soil polygon information. In Tasmania the soil attributes were modelled using decision trees with piecewise linear models utilising local scale input data.
These soil attribute maps for Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania are collectively referred to as Regional Maps.

Electrical Conductivity (Sat Extract)
Electrical conductivity in saturated paste

Electrical Conductivity (Sat Extract) : 0 - 5cm : Estimated Value

Electrical Conductivity (Sat Extract) : 5 - 15cm : Estimated Value

Electrical Conductivity (Sat Extract) : 15 - 30cm : Estimated Value

Coarse Fragments
Electrical conductivity in 1:5 water

National Landscape Attribute Maps
Landscape Attribute Details
The landscape attribute products available from the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia were derived from DEM-S, the smoothed version of the national 1 second resolution Digital Elevation Model, which was derived from the 1 second resolution Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data acquired by NASA in February 2000.

Slope (percent)
Slope measures the inclination of the land surface from the horizontal.

Slope Relief Classification
Slope relief landform pattern classification based on Speight (2009).

Aspect
Aspect measures the direction in which a land surface slope faces. The direction is expressed in degrees from north.

Relief 1000m Radius
The elevation range measures the full range of elevations within a circular window and can be used as a representation of local relief. The 1000 m elevation range product was derived from the Smoothed Digital Elevation Model (DEM-S; ANZCW0703014016), which was derived from the 1 second resolution SRTM data acquired by NASA in February 2000.

Relief 300m Radius
The elevation range measures the full range of elevations within a circular window and can be used as a representation of local relief. The 300 m elevation range product was derived from the Smoothed Digital Elevation Model (DEM-S; ANZCW0703014016), which was derived from the 1 second resolution SRTM data acquired by NASA in February 2000.

Topographic Wetness Index
TWI is calculated as log_e(specific catchment area / slope) and estimates the relative wetness within a catchment.

Topographic Position Index
Topographic Position Index (TPI) is a topographic position classification identifying upper, middle and lower parts of the landscape.

Partial Contributing Area
Contributing area in m2 computed using multiple flow directions on hillslopes and ANUDEM-derived flow directions in channels.

MrVBF
MrVBF is a topographic index designed to identify areas of deposited material at a range of scales based on the observations that valley bottoms are low and flat relative to their surroundings and that large valley bottoms are flatter than smaller ones.

Plan Curvature
Plan (or contour) curvature is the rate of change of aspect (orthogonal to the slope) and represents topographic convergence or divergence.

Profile Curvature
Profile curvature is the rate of change of potential gradient down a flow line and represents the changes in flow velocity down a slope.

Prescott Index
The Prescott Index is a measure of water balance that has proven to be a useful in soil mapping both to stratify study areas for sampling and as a quantitative predictor of soil properties (Prescott, 1949; McKenzie et al, 2000). The index was designed to give an indication of the intensity of leaching by excess water and is calculated using long-term average precipitation P and potential evaporation E, both expressed as mean monthly values in mm (mean annual values divided by 12): PI = 0.445P / E^0.75

SRAD NetRadiation-January

SRAD NetRadiation -July

SRAD Total Shortwave Sloping Surf-January

SRAD Total Shortwave Sloping Surf-July

Drillholes & Wells

Coal Seam Gas

Stratigraphic Test (Pet/CSG)

Coal

Minerals

Core in Libraries

Holes with Lithology Data

Hyper-spectral Scanned

Metallic Commodities

Aluminium

Antimony

Arsenic

Beryllium

Bismuth

Chromium

Cobalt

Copper

Gold

Iron

Lithium

Lead

Mercury

Magnesium

Manganese

Molybdenum

Nickel

Niobium

Palladium

Platinum

Scandium

Silver

Tellurium

Thorium

Tin

Titanium

Tungsten

Uranium

Vanadium

Yttrium

Zinc

Zirconium

Metallic & Industrial Deposits

All Deposits

Clays

Construction Materials

Dimension Stone

Gem Stones

Industrial Minerals

Metallic Minerals

Mineral Sands

Operating Mines

Whole Rock Geochemistry

All Surface Samples

Whole Rock surface

Whole Rock drillhole

Hydro Geochem

Assay

Assay Data

Assayed Drill Holes

Surface Assays

Geochronology

All Samples

Argon/Argon

Potassium/Argon

Provenance

Rubidium/Strontium

Rhenium/Osmium

Samarium/Neodymium

Uranium/Lead

Field Observations

All Observations

Non-Historic Observations

Key Observations

Economic Interest

Contain Structures

Contain Petrology

Contain Petrology-No Historic

Contain Petrophysics

Contain Photos

Microfossils - Conodonts

Permian

Carboniferous

Devonian

Silurian

Late Ordovician

Middle Ordovician

Early Ordovician

Ordovician Undiff

Cambrian

Not assigned

Other Base Layers

100K Map Areas

Fossicking Districts

National Parks

State Forests

Wilderness Area

Native Title Claims

Native Title Determinations

Indig. Land Use Agreements

Crown Land

Gas Pipelines

Counties

Parishes

Map Blocks

Map Units