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Mineral exploration drillholes (open file) (DMIRS-046)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 24/10/2025

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Open file Company Mineral Drillhole Database containing historic drillholes. The database is an aid to mineral exploration in Western Australia. Under the Mining Act 1978 companies submit annual mineral exploration reports some of which contain drillhole data. This information is made available when the reports are released to the public usually after a confidentiality period of five years. As a minimum, available drilling data comprises a collar file validated against the tenement outline. Additional files such as assays, geology and surveys may also be available depending on the company's submission

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Title Mineral exploration drillholes (open file) (DMIRS-046)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/b1fbb22b-bd3f-419f-a577-e2bcb9e6c90c
Remote Last Updated 16/10/2025
Contact Point
Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
chief.geoscientist@demirs.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 27/08/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        105.55208530600004,
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      ],
      [
        129.00096688600001,
        -34.992677250999975
      ],
      [
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        -10.417331522999973
      ],
      [
        105.55208530600004,
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      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Western Australia Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "Mineral exploration drillholes (open file) (DMIRS-046)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/mineral-exploration-drillholes-open-file