Mineral and/or Opal Exploration Licence (EL)
Published: 01 Jan 1930 Created: 19 Nov 2024 Revised: 15 Jan 2025

Location of all current mineral exploration licences issued under the Mining Act 1971. An exploration licence (EL) authorises the licensee, subject to the Act, Regulations and conditions of the licence, to explore for all minerals and/or opal...

Location of all current mineral exploration licences issued under the Mining Act 1971. An exploration licence (EL) authorises the licensee, subject to the Act, Regulations and conditions of the licence, to explore for all minerals and/or opal other than extractive minerals (i.e. building construction materials). Licences are normally granted for a 1 or 2 year term. An EL excludes current production mining tenements and any other areas not available for exploration.

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About this record

Record No mesac344
Topic Boundaries
Type of Resource Dataset
Category Type
Document Type
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province
    Other
    Mine Name
    Stratigraphy
    Commodity
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      Language English
      Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

      Citations

      Use constraints License
      License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
      Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/dataset/mesac344
      Citation 1930. Mineral and/or Opal Exploration Licence (EL)
      https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/dataset/mesac344

      Technical information

      Status On Going
      Maintenance and Update Frequency
      Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
      Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[129,-38],[141,-38],[141,-26],[129,-26],[129,-38]]]}
      Purpose
      The dataset was developed to record information necessary for the administration of the Mining Act.
      The dataset was developed to record information necessary for the administration of the Mining Act.
      Lineage
      Source data history: Exploration licence boundaries were sourced from the official Mining Register licence application documents. Licence boundaries are legally defined to follow lines of latitude and longitude. The register has existed since...
      Source data history: Exploration licence boundaries were sourced from the official Mining Register licence application documents. Licence boundaries are legally defined to follow lines of latitude and longitude. The register has existed since 1930. Processing steps: Coordinates are entered from licence documents. Linework is cleaned to remove duplicate arcs. Data is adjusted for accurate state borders, coastline, areas reserved from the Mining Act and areas of no access for mineral exploration or production. Legal description is defined in AGD66 whilst data is spatially managed in GDA94 to conform to other spatial data. The data is updated in SARIG daily.
      Positional accuracy:Most boundary locations are constructed from lines of latitude and longitude, hence are scale independent. The accuracy of other boundaries is dependent upon the source, eg. state border, coastline, cadastre.
      Attribute accuracy:Associated attribute information is 99% complete and derived from a daily refresh of Tenement Management System (TMS) data extract. Manual validation checks are performed periodically.
      Logical consistency:The dataset contains no overshoots, undershoots or duplicate lines. All polygons representing licences contain only one label.
      Completeness:Spatial data is 90% complete. Associated attribute data is 99% complete.

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      Attribute details

      Name Definition
      Tenement Label Tenement Type (EL) and tenement number
      Tenement Number Tenement Number
      Tenement Status Current status of the tenement (active or non-active)
      Licencees Name of licensee
      Operators Operator(s) of the tenement
      Commodities Sought Target commodities listed on the application
      Location General locality of tenement
      Tenement Start Date Date licence was granted
      Tenement Expiry Date Date licence is due to expire
      Tenement Surrender Date Date tenement surrendered
      Renewal Application Date Date application for renewal received
      Transfer Application Date Date application for transfer registered
      Court Action Pending Is any court action pending
      Area Legal Approximate area of licence in square kilometres
      Area Unit Unit of area measure for tenement (square kilometres)
      Prior Tenement Definition required
      Subsequent Tenement Definition required