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.

  • Graphite - 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
    • PNG

  • Barite mines and mineral deposits

    Locations of all current and historical Barite mines and mineral deposits.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • PNG

  • Graphite mines and mineral deposits

    Locations of all current and historical Graphite mines and mineral deposits.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • PNG

  • Molybdenum mines and mineral deposits

    Locations of all current and historical Molybdenum mines and mineral deposits.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • PNG

  • Heavy Minerals - contained resource

    Locations and known contained resource 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
    • PNG

  • Uranium (U) - contained resource

    Locations and known contained resource 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
    • PNG

  • South Australian mining projects web service

    Major mines and mineral projects in South Australia, with related resource information.
      Service
    • PNG

  • South Australian mineral tenement web service

    Mineral exploration, production and exploration release area tenements, licences, application start and expiry dates, location, commodities, tenement number, type and status. Includes historic tenements.
      Service
    • PNG

  • Historical Mineral and/or Opal Exploration Licences

    Location of all historical (expired, surrendered, relinquished etc) mineral Exploration Licences issued under the Mining Act, 1971.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1930
    • PNG

  • Gold mines and mineral deposits

    Locations of all current and historical Gold mines and mineral deposits.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • KMZ,
    • GDB,
    • SHP,
    • TAB

  • Copper mines and mineral deposits

    Locations of all current and historical Copper mines and mineral deposits.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • GDB,
    • PDF,
    • TAB,
    • KMZ,
    • SHP

  • Iron Ore mines and mineral deposits

    Locations of all current and historical Iron Ore mineral deposits.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1850
    • TAB,
    • KMZ,
    • SHP,
    • GDB

  • Lead (Pb) - contained resource

    Locations and known contained resource 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
    • GDB,
    • SHP,
    • KMZ,
    • TAB

  • 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

  • All operating diggings (active)

    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,
    • GDB,
    • KMZ,
    • TAB

  • Zinc (Zn) - contained resource

    Locations and known contained resource 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
    • PNG,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB,
    • SHP,
    • TAB

  • ExploreSA The Gawler Challenge - winners and submission data release

    ExploreSA: The Gawler Challenge is a global online competition from the Government of South Australia. The challenge is to identify or predict areas of potential mineralisation within the Gawler region, using any technique. This dataset contains a...
      Dataset Published: 15 Sep 2020
    • TAB,
    • SHP,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB

  • Mineral Exploration Release Areas (ERA)

    Location of all released mineral exploration release areas (ERA) issued under the Mining Act 1971. From July 2012 amendments to the Mining Act (Section 29) have resulted in a change to the way that expired, surrendered or cancelled exploration licence...
      Dataset Published: 01 Jul 2012
    • KMZ,
    • PDF,
    • TAB,
    • SHP,
    • GDB

  • Mineral and/or Opal Exploration Licence Applications (ELA)

    Location of all current mineral exploration licence applications issued under the Mining Act 1971.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1930
    • GDB,
    • KMZ,
    • SHP,
    • PDF,
    • TAB

  • Mineral Exploration Regulation Fee Zones

    From 1 January 2020, changes to fees under the Mining Act as outlined in the 2019-2020 State Budget will come into effect. Changes include a re-determination of fees for exploration licences and a new fee for submitting or reviewing Programs for...
      Dataset