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.

  • RB 80/00026 Opal in South Australia.

    Enlarged written version of a talk on the geology of opal, its occurrence and mining methods prepared for public presentation.
      Document Published: 01 May 1980
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  • RB 90/00073 Mintabie Opalfield mining and geology.

    Mintabie Opalfield, one of the most important production centres in Australia, was discovered in the early 1920s but mining only began in earnest in 1976. Precious opal is confined to Mintabie beds, a kaolinitic sandstone of presumed Ordovician Age,...
      Document Published: 01 Nov 1990
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