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.

  • Delamerian NDI (National Drilling Initiative) drillholes

    The Geological Survey of South Australia has partnered with the MinEx CRC to undertake a National Drilling Initiative project on the under explored Delamerian Orogen. This project includes a geoscientific drilling program and allied research to...
      Dataset Published: 18 Aug 2022
    • PDF

  • HyLogger drillholes

    This layer contains all drillholes with HyLogger spectral information available in digital form for the dataset area. The "Drillhole No" field allows linking to related SA Geodata Database in a browser tab showing the interpretive summaries of the...
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 2002

  • 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

  • South Australian geoscience data WFS: Boreholes, Mines, Mineral Occurrences, Mineral Tenements (GeoSciML, EarthResourceML, MinOccML, MineralTenementML)

    Geoscience data layers from the Geological Survey of South Australia. The service includes boreholes (including those scanned for the National Virtual Core Library), mineral occurrences and mineral tenements. GeoSciML, EarthResourceML, MinOccML,...
      Service
    • WFS

  • Petroleum wells

    This layer contains details of all petroleum wells available in digital form
      Dataset
    • TAB,
    • KMZ,
    • SHP,
    • GDB

  • Delamerian Cover Thickness Modelling

    Crystalline Basement in the Delamerian Project area, is defined as Ordovician and older rocks affected by the Cambrian-Ordovician Delamerian Orogeny and older events. Crystalline basement includes the Adelaide Geosyncline, Kanmantoo Province and...
      Dataset Published: 19 Aug 2020
    • ZIP,
    • PDF,
    • PNG

  • Drillhole depth to top of time slices

    As part of the development of the Solid Geology dataset for South Australia, a broad age-based time slice concept was established to highlight the major phases of the State's geological development based on separation (as far as possible) by major...
      Dataset
    • ZIP,
    • PNG

  • Lithology - drillholes

    This layer contains all drillholes available in digital form for the dataset area, except for water wells, were they provide lithology logs.
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1890

  • Magnetic Source Depths Estimates

    Depth estimates derived from magnetic field inversion of selected local anomalies provide estimates of depth to the top of the source magnetisation, of its thickness, dip and depth extent. This combination of factors may be suggestive of the source...
      Dataset
    • TAB,
    • ZIP,
    • SHP,
    • GDB,
    • KMZ

  • 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

  • All mineral drillholes

    This layer contains all drillholes available in digital form for the dataset area, except for water wells. Holes of the following categories are included: mineral, petroleum and geothermal exploration, stratigraphic drilling, engineering wells and...
      Dataset Published: 01 Jan 1890
    • TAB,
    • SHP,
    • KMZ,
    • GDB

  • Northern Gawler National Drilling Initiative drillholes

    The Geological Survey of South Australia has partnered with MinEx CRC to undertake a National Drilling Initiative project in the northern Gawler Craton. This project includes a geoscientific drilling program and allied research to understand the...
      Dataset Published: 17 Apr 2025
    • ZIP,
    • XLSX

  • Northern Gawler National Drilling Initiative drillholes

    The Geological Survey of South Australia has partnered with MinEx CRC to undertake a National Drilling Initiative project in the northern Gawler Craton. This project includes a geoscientific drilling program and allied research to understand the...
      Dataset
    • ZIP