Mineral Deposits and Commodities of Australia Through Time

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

This short video of approximately 4.5 minutes duration depicts the progressive addition of mineral deposits and commodities to the Australian continent through time, from approximately 3.5 billion years ago to the present. The video is based on the mineral deposit dataset of Huston et al. (2021) GA Record 2021/20.

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Title Mineral Deposits and Commodities of Australia Through Time
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d6758921-752f-4f69-b294-2aa35d0ca1f7
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 02/07/2024
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Mineral Deposits and Commodities of Australia Through Time". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mineral-deposits-and-commodities-of-australia-through-time