Datasets

The mesac Open Data Portal datasets contain detailed records of seismic surveys and geochemical data, and they are made available here to industry, researchers and the public.

  • Inverted channel - Tertiary

    An interpretation of Tertiary inverted palaeodrainage for South Australian Tertiary palaeodrainage systems, which are marked by silicified Tertiary fluvial sediments expressed as a topographic high by erosion of surrounding sediments. Those sediments...
      Dataset
    • SHP,
    • KMZ,
    • TAB,
    • GDB

  • South Austrailan mineral projects

    This data represents the South Australian developing mineral projects. Subset of data derived from SA_Geodata, MINDEP.
      Dataset Published: 29 Nov 2012
    • PDF,
    • GDB,
    • KMZ,
    • TAB,
    • SHP

  • Treatment sites

    Locations of all current and historical mines and mineral deposits. Data separated from the MinDep database into Commodities, Active mines and Non-active mines for display within SARIG. The Mineral Deposits database contains records of some 6500...
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • SHP,
    • TAB,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB

  • Gawler Craton Airborne Survey Flight Plan

    Location of the Airborne traverses along which the Gawler Craton Survey occurred as part of the PACE Gawler Craton Airborne Geophysical Survey Program.
      Dataset Published: 01 Nov 2016
    • SHP,
    • TAB,
    • GDB,
    • KMZ

  • Tarcoola Regolith - Induration

    Mapping was based on the 1:100 000-scale geology layer (SARIG) using the RTMAP scheme (after Pain et al, 2007). The regolith polygon linework was newly compiled for the MALBOOMA, TARCOOLA and KINGOONYA 1:100,000 scale map sheets using ArcGIS 10.6.1....
      Dataset
    • GDB,
    • SHP,
    • TAB,
    • KMZ

  • All diggings

    Locations of all current and historical mines and mineral deposits. Data separated from the MinDep database into Commodities, Active mines and Non-active mines for display within SARIG. The Mineral Deposits database contains records of some 6500...
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • KMZ,
    • GDB,
    • SHP,
    • TAB

  • Geological Provinces: Cambrian to late Carboniferous

    Location and extent of geological provinces of South Australia. Its major use is in mineral exploration, but contributes to basic geological understanding of South Australia in conjunction with companion datasets of Geological Provinces of South...
      Dataset Published: 24 Feb 2011
    • KMZ,
    • GDB,
    • TAB,
    • SHP

  • Historical Mineral Exploration Release Areas

    Location of all historical mineral exploration release areas (ERA) issued under the Mining Act 1971.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jul 2012
    • TAB,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB,
    • SHP

  • Remote Sensing: LANDSAT 5

    Landsat 5 had a maximum transmission bandwidth of 85 Mbit/s. It was deployed at an altitude of 705.3 km (438.3 mi), and it took about 16 days to scan the entire Earth. The satellite was an identical copy of Landsat 4 and was originally intended as a...
      Dataset
    • SHP,
    • TAB,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB,
    • ZIP

  • Palaeodrainage Neogene APY Lands

    The interpretation of Neogene palaeodrainage for the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY), South Australia, shows the interpreted distribution of palaeovalleys that are hidden beneath the surface of the modern day sandplains, dunefields...
      Dataset
    • TAB,
    • ZIP,
    • KMZ,
    • SHP,
    • GDB

  • 7M Geology

    Generalised regional surface of South Australia, derived from 1:2 million (Geology 2M), prepared as a statewide overview
      Dataset Published: 02 May 1988
    • TAB,
    • SHP,
    • PDF,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB

  • Regolith Landform, South Australia

    The Regolith detail geoscience product provides basic information about the major regolith materials and landforms. Eleven attributes have been assigned to each regolith polygon allowing the creation of four individual map products: regolith...
      Dataset Published: 01 Oct 2011
    • SHP,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB,
    • TAB

  • Solid Geology: Archaean - Early Mesoproterozoic polygons

    An interpretation of Archaean to Early Mesoproterozoic geological (solid geology or tectonic) units for South Australia. As these units are largely hidden below younger sediments and soil, the dataset is synthesised from subsurface drillhole and...
      Dataset
    • GDB,
    • KMZ,
    • SHP,
    • TAB,
    • PDF

  • Lead (Pb) - contained reserve

    Locations and known contained reserves for mineral deposits. Data sourced from the Mineral Deposits database and separated into commodities for display within SARIG. The Mineral Deposits database contains records of some 11,000 separate South...
      Dataset Published: 17 Apr 2023
    • KMZ,
    • SHP,
    • TAB,
    • GDB

  • Thalweg APY Lands

    The thalweg is the line of lowest elevation within a valley. The thalweg data represent the palaeo-thalweg of the Neogene Palaeovalleys of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY) Lands based on airborne electromagnetic (AEM) geophysical...
      Dataset
    • TAB,
    • KMZ,
    • ZIP,
    • JPEG,
    • GDB,
    • SHP

  • Special Enterprise, Licences

    Location of current Special Enterprise Licences issued under the Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act 2023 designed to facilitate hydrogen and renewable enterprises for major significance to the State's economy. Comment is sought on applications for...
      Dataset
    • TAB,
    • KMZ,
    • SHP,
    • GDB

  • Geothermal, Retention Licences

    Location of all current Retention Licences issued under the Petroleum Act, 2000 for the regulated resource or commodity of geothermal. Retention Licences protects the interest of a licensee in a discovery or a regulated resource for a reasonable...
      Dataset
    • KMZ,
    • TAB,
    • GDB,
    • SHP

  • Geothermal, Exploration Applications

    Location of all current Exploration Licence Applications issued under the Petroleum Act, 2000 for the regulated resource or commodity of geothermal. Exploration Licences provide exclusive tenure rights to explore for the regulated resource or...
      Dataset
    • KMZ,
    • TAB,
    • SHP,
    • GDB

  • South Australian all mines and mineral deposits

    Locations of all current and historical mines and mineral deposits. Data separated from the MinDep database into Commodities, Active mines and Non-active mines for display within SARIG. The Mineral Deposits database contains records of some 6500...
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • KMZ,
    • TAB,
    • GDB,
    • SHP

  • Crystalline basement intersecting drillholes

    The depth to Crystalline Basement Intersecting Drillholes is a GIS dataset that portray or infer depth to crystalline basement in South Australia, on a province-by-province basis. The top of crystalline basement, for the purpose of creating this...
      Dataset
    • TAB,
    • SHP,
    • ZIP,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB