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.

  • South Australian mineral rock sample sites web service

    Location indicators for South Australian rock sample, petrology, biostratigraphy, geochronology and calcrete
      Service
    • PNG

  • Geochemistry - rock sample sites

    Rock Sample locations in South Australia that indicate geochemistry sample analyses. The information is extracted from an Oracle database known as SA_GEODATA. Data on geochemistry, geological logs and administrative information for drillholes has...
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1890
    • SHP,
    • KMZ,
    • TAB,
    • GDB

  • Depth To Crystalline Basement Data Package: South Australia (as updated - 2021 version)

    The Depth to Crystalline Basement Data Package is a collection of GIS datasets (in ArcGIS and Mapinfo formats) that portray actual or inferred depth to crystalline basement in South Australia, which have been assembled on a province-by-province basis....
      Dataset Published: 04 Feb 1921
    • PDF,
    • ZIP

  • Cariewerloo Basin 3D geological model (3D pdf version).

    The subject Cariewerloo Basin 3D geological model depicts the internal stratigraphy of the Pandurra Formation, including its top and base geometry, and effects of the associated fault network.
      Model
    • ZIP,
    • PDF

  • ExpNotes GILES: Explanatory Notes GILES, SH 53-01.

    Concealed basement on GILES comprises ?Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks belonging to the Nawa Subdomain of the Gawler Craton. These are intruded by Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granitic bodies and Mesoproterozoic or Neoproterozoic...
      Document

  • ExpNotes MARREE: Explanatory Notes MARREE, SH 54-05.

    A new generation, second edition MARREE 1:250 000 scale geological map and its explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's latest geological mapping program (1993 to...
      Document

  • ExpNotes PARACHILNA (v2): Explanatory Notes PARACHILNA (second edition, 1999), SH 54-13.

    The PARACHILNA map area (31 to 32°S, 138 to 139.5°E) occupies the central Flinders Ranges which are made up of folded, mostly marine sedimentary Neoproterozoic and Cambrian rocks of the Adelaide Geosyncline, and adjoining plains underlain by Cainozoic...
      Document

  • ExpNotes MAITLAND: Explanatory Notes MAITLAND, SI 53-12.

    The MAITLAND Special 1:250,000 scale geological map covers the greater part of South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. The rocks in the map area comprise deformed Palaeoproterozoic and early Mesoproterozoic basement of the south-eastern Gawler Craton, and...
      Document Published: 01 Jul 2006
    • PDF

  • ExpNotes LINCOLN: Explanatory Notes LINCOLN, SI 53-11.

    The LINCOLN 1:250,000 scale regional geological map area covers southern Eyre Peninsula and includes numerous islands lying off its eastern, southern and western coasts. The region encompasses a complex geological history and contains a variety of...
      Document

  • ExpNotes YARDEA: Explanatory Notes YARDEA, SI 53-03.

    The YARDEA 1:250,000 scale regional geological map area straddles the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges on northern Eyre Peninsula. The only major township within the area is Minnipa, with Kimba and Wudinna both located immediately south of the...
      Document
    • PDF