The Governor of NSW can create Mineral Allocation Areas (MAAs) for any mineral group under the Mining Regulation 2016. These areas prevent new exploration licence applications for the affected mineral group(s) in the area without Ministerial consent. Reporting and renewal requirements for existing mineral titles within each MAA are unaffected.

This fossil database contains information on samples mainly collected by the Geological Survey of NSW unless otherwise noted, with many specimens housed at the Londonderry Core Facility. To ensure the preservation of of key outcrops, only localities for microfossils and trace fossils are shown. For information on the locality of macrofossils and/or where specimens can be inspected, please email geoinfo.admin@industry.nsw.gov.au.

This collection contains mineral specimens from locations of economic mineral importance in NSW>