NSW Mine Reuse project
The NSW Mine Reuse project investigated the occurrence of critical metals in mining waste material. It involved a preliminary geochemical and mineralogical characterisation study across multiple metalliferous and coal sites on various waste material types, aiming to identify subsequent secondary prospectivity opportunities. The study was completed in collaboration between the Geological Survey of NSW, the Sustainable Minerals Institute at The University of Queensland, Geoscience Australia and RMIT University.
The program consisted of hand-auger drilling and sample collection from various waste sources, including tailings, waste rock, slags, coal rejects and fly ash. Each sample then underwent a 48-element geochemical analysis, with targeted mineralogy and mineral chemistry conducted on selected samples to better understand the distribution of elevated critical elements.
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- Date (Revision)
- 2025-09-12T00:00:07
- Status
- Completed
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
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- Keywords (Theme)
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- features
- dw_geochemistry_mv
Distribution Information
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- OnLine resource
- DIGS report
Resource lineage
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:4326
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- CRS:84
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/034aeae4-74a3-4dbd-bc14-4d0c37ac3ff0
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
- https://geonetwork.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/034aeae4-74a3-4dbd-bc14-4d0c37ac3ff0
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-09-12T15:45:25
- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-09-12T16:12:32
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Edition
- 1.0
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