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Mineral Deposits of Australia

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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This collection supports the compilation of national mineral resource and production statistics, and mineral prospectivity analysis. The collection includes the location of Australian mineral occurrences and mineral deposit descriptions, with geological, resource and production data. This information is stored in two Geoscience Australia databases, the Mineral Deposits & Occurrences Database (OZMIN) and the Mineral Occurrence Locations (MINLOC) database. The collection also includes a number of supporting Geographic Information System (GIS) datasets (e.g., mineral prospectivity datasets, ports, power stations); maps and reports. Value: Data related to the known location and production of mineral resources supports decisions related to resource and economic development. Scope: The collection covers the Australian continent and is updated annually. It now contains data on over one thousand major and historically significant mineral deposits for 60 mineral commodities (including coal).

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Field Value
Title Mineral Deposits of Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/472d3ab1-a38d-414b-8216-0e3ad3fa079f
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 06/01/2021
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        114.0,
        -42.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -42.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -11.0
      ],
      [
        114.0,
        -11.0
      ],
      [
        114.0,
        -42.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

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