Identifies Mineral Claims Districts in the State of NSW as defined by Part 9, Division 1, Section 173 of the Mining Act 1992 No. 29. There are two current Mineral Claims Districts: Lightning Ridge Mineral Claims District, and White Cliffs Mineral Claims District.

Many airborne surveys have been acquired by the NSW government through the NSW Exploration, Discovery 2000 and New Frontiers Initiative funding. Others have been acquired jointly with Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO). Contained within this vector file are details on each of the surveys and some acquisition parameters, which will help locate survey data stored digitally.

This layer shows the boundaries of ground gravity surveys acquired by the NSW government. Details on the spacing and age of the gravity station within each project area are in the attributes. The information contained in this publication is based on knowledge and understanding at time of writing (April 2016). Because of advances in knowledge, users are reminded of the need to ensure that information upon which they rely is up to date. The information contained in this publication may not be or may no longer be aligned with government policy nor does the publication indicate or imply government policy.

Please view Matthews and Sheldon (2024) for full description and instructions: Contact Sam at samuel.matthews@regional.nsw.gov.au if you have any difficulty accessing the paper.

All airborne geophysics has been reported to the NSW government and released under the requirements of the NSW Mining Act 1992. Contained within this vector file is the location of surveys and acquisition parameters.

Location of opal fields in Lightning Ridge, NSW.

The Critical Mineral Analysis Project data set contains the analysis of a representative collection of the Geological Survey of New South Wales (GSNSW) existing rock and analytical powder collections to support the exploration for critical minerals. Existing pulps and powders from whole rock igneous rocks and mine dump samples were submitted for geochemical analysis to ensure the application of modern analytical techniques with significantly improved precision, detection limits for an extended range of trace elements, including the full complement of rare earth elements. Suites of mineral and rock samples from the Economic Rock and Mineral Collection were also selected for analysis from a variety of deposits, deposit types and regions across NSW. These comprise mineralised rocks and drillcore billets, and aggregates of ore minerals.

Current mineral claims granted under Part 9, Division 4, Section 190 of the Mining Act 1992 No 29.

Survey Pegs used to mark out Mineral Claims in the Lightning Ridge and White Cliffs areas of NSW, Australia.

The drilling dataset contains the location and summary information of non-confidential drillholes related to the activities of the mineral, coal and petroleum industries, as well as government drilling programs. The primary source of the drilling data is from company exploration reports submitted to the Department as part of the statutory reporting requirements on exploration licences.  Much of the data has been compiled from hard copy reports; however, the more recent data (post 2000) has been taken direct from the digital reports and associated data files.  In addition to the industry data, the database also contains stratigraphic holes and resource definition drilling completed by the Department.  Approximately 8% of the drillholes are physically held (either wholly or in part) at the Department’s core library facilities across the state, the main core library located at Londonderry NSW.  This dataset relates only to open file information, all confidential records are withheld.