AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Notes on clay deposits at Bungendore

Dr. Woolnough, in 1928, reported on a deposit of clay on the western side of the railway lines, between the railway station and the stock loading yards at Bungendore, New South Wales. I recently examined the area and found that the deposit has not been developed since 1928, and, as may be expected, most of the exposures of clay mentioned by Woolnough in that year have been filled in. Three small irregular pits were found near the site of Lundy's shaft, 600 feet north-west of the stock-loading yards, on land now owned by Donnelly, Auctioneer of Bungendore. No satisfactory sample of clay could be collected from these pits but one sample of clay was obtained from old spoil dumps nearby. This material is weathered schist or slate. Original cleavage and schistosity can be easily detected and the material can be powdered into clay. In the absence of samples and exposure little can be added to the reports of Dr. Woolnough in 1928. However, the following points are of importance.

Tags: AU-NSW, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, mineral deposits, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Scheme for diamond drilling area north of open cut, King Island Scheelite mine

On June 20th King Island Scheelite N.L. asked for advice on the location of suitable drill holes north of their present 150 and 170ft. faces to determine the geology along the No. 3 fault. In this report a scheme of drilling is set out, which would determine the geological structure of the area and indicate tonnage of ore and overburden. A plan is attached to the report which shows the bench limits, the main geological features and selected diamond drill hole sites.

Tags: AU-TAS, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, mineral deposits, mining
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Global database of zinc-lead-bearing mineral deposits

A dataset of global zinc-bearing mineral deposits has been developed that complements previous such datasets (Franklin et al., 2005; Meinert et al., 2005; Mosier et al., 2009a,b; Taylor et al. 2009). 
The new dataset provides information on name, location, type, metal endowment, host rocks, associated igneous rocks, regional and proximal alteration assemblages (including, where possible, spatial and temporal zonation), Fe-S-O mineralogy, the presence of sulfate minerals, and sulfur and lead isotope data. In particular, unlike previous datasets, the age information provides the uncertainties of age determinations along with information on the assumptions and analytical methods used to determine the age. 
The dataset is meant to be used in conjunction with previous datasets and will be updated. Analysis of trends and relationships within the datasets are ongoing and will be published separately.

Tags: Compilation, EARTH SCIENCES, Lead isotopes, Mineralisation age, Published_External, Sulfur isotopes, Wall-rock alteration, Zinc deposits
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The geology of the Nerrima structure Kimberley division, Western Australia

The Nerrima dome is situated in an area of gentle folding 90 miles south-east of Derby in the Kimberley Division of Western Australia. The topography is essentially flat with local ridges formed over the more resistant sandstone beds of the Liveringa Formation. Outcropping formations are Permian and include the lower part of the Liveringa and the top part of the Noonkanbah Formations. The Liveringa Formation consists mainly of sandstones and grits and forms ridges which practically surround the structure; the Noonkanbah is mainly clays and limestones which have been reduced to flat plains with low outcrops of limestone and calcareous sandstone. Vertical closure of the structure is about 250 feet over an area of 30 square miles. The cores of Nerrima No. 1 Bore have been examined and at the present depth of 4271 feet the bore appears to be still in Permian rocks although no reliable interpretation of the subsurface geology at Nerrima can be made without further detailed information from areas to the north.

Tags: AU-WA, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geology, stratigraphy, structural geology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mount Bischoff tin mine Supplementary to Report 1944/47 (Dec 1944)

A report was prepared in December, 1944, on the ore reserve position at the Mount Bischoff Tin Mine. Since that date, further field work has been carried out, and the additional observations made have rendered necessary a revision of conclusions advanced in that report. The present report is to be read as a supplement to the previous one, but supercedes it in many respects.  A revised summary of the ore reserve position is given herein.  The additional geological observations affect both the interpretation of the structure of the Mount Bischoff ore-body as a whole, and the interpretation of the structure of individual ore occurrences.

Tags: AU-TAS, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, mineral deposits, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Resume of activities during the 1948 field season - Kimberley Division, Western Australia

The field season in the Kimberley Division of Western Australia for the year 1948 extended from May 2nd to October 15th. It is estimated that about four weeks of this time was spent in activities not directly related to geological work. Three distinct areas were covered during the season, these being Dampier Land, Mt. Ramsay Area, and Nerrima Structure. An account is given of the personnel involved and the work completed within each area.

Tags: AU-WA, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mapping, research
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Micro-examination of further samples from Boronga No 2 bore, northern New South Wales

Results from the micro-examination of samples from 2254 to 4554 feet down, No.2 Bore, Boronga. The series examined is in continuation of that reported upon 30th May, 1942.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, palaeontology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Talc deposit at Gawler near Ulverstone, Tasmania

The Gawler talc deposit is situated about 2 miles south from Ulverston and about half a mile north from Gawler where the bitumen road ends. The lease is held by Messrs. Pearson and Smith, and one man is working on it at present. A geological examination and plane table survey of the deposit was conducted on the 1st May, 1944.

Tags: AU-TAS, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mineral deposits
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Report on the geophysical surveys, Moonta-Wallaroo copperfield, South Australia

The Moonta-Wallaroo copper field was discovered in 1860 and has been one of the most productive copper fields in Australia. At the time that large scale mining operations ceased in 1923, copper to the value of over Â£20,000,000 had been produced. At the present time no active mining is in progress and the old mines are closed and the mining plant completely dismantled. There are two main copper producing areas in the field, namely Moonta and Kadina which are 10 miles apart. There are a number of smaller copper areas between and around the main ones. A recent investigation by Mr. S.B. Dickinson of the South Australian Mines Department indicates that while some of the old mines have small known ore reserves, the cost of re-establishing these mines would be too high to warrant such an enterprise. It is probable that all the surface showings of copper have been fully investigated but it is also probable that many lodes exist which show no surface signs. How these lodes are to be discovered is a matter of immediate concern. The present report deals with an extensive survey of parts of the Moonta and Kadina sections of the field. The work was commenced on a large layout pegged to the south-west of Beddome's and Green's lodes on the centre belt of fracturing at Moonta. Following the findings of the test report, the layout was covered by potential ratio and phase surveys and by a self-potential survey. Upon resumption of field work it was decided to use the electromagnetic method in a large scale test on Beddome's layout. Some self-potential and potential ratio work was carried out on the Kadina layouts, but it was found that these methods suffered from the same disability, namely a great number of effects which obviously were due to lode shears, as had been found in the case of Beddome's layout. In this report, the interpretation is based solely on the results of the electromagnetic surveys.

Tags: AU-SA, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geophysics
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Summary of results. Joint GSQ–GA Geochronology Project: Mary Kathleen Domain, Mount Isa Inlier, 2018–2019.

This Record presents new Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) U–Pb geochronological results for samples collected from the Mary Kathleen Domain, which forms the western part of the Eastern Fold Belt in the Mount Isa Inlier. Eight samples, comprising three granites, one quartz diorite, two metarhyolites, one feldspathic quartzite, and one of matrix material from a breccia, have been analysed as part of ongoing investigations by GSQ in collaboration with researchers from James Cook University. The results enable a better understanding of the evolution of the domain, the associated magmatism, and any related mineralisation.
Bibliographic Reference: Kositcin, N., Bultitude, R.J., and Purdy, D.J. Summary of Results. Joint GSQ–GA Geochronology Project: Mary Kathleen Domain, Mount Isa Inlier, 2018–2019. Queensland Geological Record 2019/02.

Tags: Bowlers Hole Granite, Cloncurry (SF54–02), Corella Formation, Duchess (SF54–06), EARTH SCIENCES, Geochronology, Hardway Granite, Kalkadoon–Leichhardt Domain, Mary Kathleen Domain, Mount Erle Igneous Complex, Mount Isa Inlier, Mount Philp Breccia, Published_External, SHRIMP, detrital zircon populations, igneous events, regional correlations, titanite dating, zircon dating
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geological report on the Wymah wolfram area

The Wymah reefs are situated in fairly rugged mountainous country, between 1,500 and 2,000 feet above sea level, about 25 miles easterly from Albury. This report provides an account of the general and economic geology of the reefs. Prospects and recommendations are discussed.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mineral deposits, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Spargo's Reward gold mine (28 miles south of Coolgardie, Western Australia)

The following report is based on an examination of the mine made by the writer in February, 1947, and on information gained from the Western Australian Geological Survey. The production history, geology, ore reserves, and prospects of the mine are discussed. Four accompanying plans are included.

Tags: AU-WA, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, mineral deposits, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Beach sands investigation The Broadbeach area, from the northern boundary of the Crown land to Peerless Avenue (bounded on the east by the area covered in Report No 1948/35)

The area under investigation forms a portion of a coastal sandy belt 1,500 to 2,000 feet wide, which extends from Main Beach (Southport) to South Nobby (North Burleigh), and is about 5 to 15 feet higher than the low-lying coastal plains adjoining it on the west. The known deposits and probably all of the deposits of heavy minerals between Southport and North Burleigh occur either on the present sea beaches or in the eastern half of the sandy belt. Preliminary boring and sampling of the area was carried out early in 1948. Bores were put down to water level using a post hole auger. When the sand brought up from a borehole appeared to contain appreciable quantities of heavy minerals it was sampled by quartering. An account of the investigation is set down in this report. The distribution of heavy minerals and the tonnages available for mining are shown on the accompanying geological plans. Estimates of the quantities of heavy minerals have been tabulated.

Tags: AU-QLD, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mineral deposits, mineral exploration
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australia's Energy Commodity Resources (AECR), 2021 Edition

Australia’s Energy Commodity Resources (AECR) provides estimates of Australia’s energy commodity reserves, resources, and production as at the end of 2019. The 2021 edition of AECR also includes previously unpublished energy commodity resource estimates data compiled by Geoscience Australia for the 2018 reporting period. The AECR energy commodity resource estimates are based primarily on published open file data and aggregated (de identified) confidential data. The assessment provides a pre COVID 19 baseline for the production and remaining recoverable resources of gas, oil, coal, uranium and thorium in Australia, and the global significance of our nation’s energy commodity resources.

Tags: Petroleum and Coal Geology, Published_Internal, Thematic Map
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Modelling and associated data analysis of Ordovician petroleum systems of the southern Canning Basin: The Kidson and Willara sub-basins and the Barnicarndy Graben

This Geoscience Australia Record reports the findings of the Canning Basin Petroleum Systems Modelling Project. The southern, frontier portions of the Canning Basin have numerous potential hydrocarbon play opportunities, in particular unconventional gas plays, which remain untested. Of particular interest are Ordovician-aged petroleum systems. Geoscience Australia in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Western Australia acquired an 872 km long 2D seismic line across the south and south-west Canning Basin in 2018, and drilled the 2680 m stratigraphic hole Barnicarndy 1 in the Barnicarndy Graben to further develop the understanding of hydrocarbon prospectivity in these frontier regions. As part of the Exploring for the Future program Geoscience Australia contracted GNS Science to construct ten 1D petroleum systems models and one 2D model across the frontier southern parts of the basin. The aim was to combine interpretation of the newly acquired seismic data with interpretation of legacy and new well data, in particular organic geochemical data, to improve the understanding of the burial and thermal history, trap formation, generation and migration of hydrocarbons in the southern, frontier parts of the Canning Basin. 
This Record is a compilation of the work completed by GNS Science International Limited and the reports containing new data collected and analyzed relevant to the petroleum systems modelling.

Tags: Barnicarndy Graben, Canning Basin, EARTH SCIENCES, Kerogen kinetics, Kidson Sub-basin, Organic petrology, Petroleum systems modelling, Published_External, Rock eval analysis, Willara Sub-basin
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geological report on the Jervis Bay firebrick clay deposit and Jervis Bay aerodrome

This geological report on the Jervis Bay firebrick clay deposit and the Jervis Bay aerodrome is comprised in three distinct sections. The first discusses the situation and production history of the area, and describes the geological surveys completed to date. The second describes the geology and topography of the aerodrome. The final section describes the investigation of the firebrick clay and the results of this investigation, with reference to the aerodrome and the proposal for a new runway. Accompanying plans of the clay deposit and the aerodrome are included.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, infrastructure, mineral deposits, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australian Aluminium Production Commission Preliminary report on PL twelve Victoria

An area of about 190 acres lying within the boundaries of Allotment 26D, Budgeree, County of Buln Buln was taken up for prospecting purposes on 21st May, 1947. The topography, general geology of the area, and the occurrence, volume and grade of the bauxite bodies, are discussed in this report. Three accompanying plans are included.

Tags: AU-VIC, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mineral deposits, minerals, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Exploring for the Future – Whole rock inorganic geochemistry data release of NDI Carrara 1, South Nicholson region, Northern Territory

NDI Carrara 1 is a deep stratigraphic drill hole (~1751m) completed in 2020 as part of the MinEx CRC National Drilling Initiative (NDI) in collaboration with Geoscience Australia and the Northern Territory Geological Survey. It is the first test of the Carrara Sub-basin, a depocentre newly discovered in the South Nicholson region based on interpretation from seismic surveys (L210 in 2017 and L212 in 2019) recently acquired as part of the Exploring for the Future program. The drill hole intersected approximately 1100 m of Proterozoic sedimentary rocks uncomformably overlain by 630 m of Cambrian Georgina Basin carbonates.
 This report presents inorganic geochemical analyses undertaken by Geoscience Australia on selected rock samples, collected at roughly 4 m intervals.

Tags: Carrara Sub-basin, EARTH SCIENCES, EFTF, Exploring For The Future, GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, NDI Carrara 1, OTHER EARTH SCIENCES, Published_External, South Nicholson region, geochemistry
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Dam sites on the Laloki River, Papua

For the projected development of the hydroelectric power resources of the Laloki River, Papua, a diversion weir will be required. Two sites have been selected by the officers of the Department of Works and Housing, downstream from Rouna Falls and another site, upstream from the falls, which would be suitable for a large scale power development. An inspection of these sites was made in order to indicate any geological difficulties which may be expected. The situation, physiography, and geology of the proposed sites, as well as the suitability of these sites, are discussed in this report.

Tags: GA Publication, Geology, PG, Published_External, Record, energy infrastructure, geology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Scheelite in the Phoenix mine, Frogmore, NSW

The available reef exposures were examined under ultra-violet light on September 28th-29th by N.H. Fisher and C.L. Knight, together with Mr. F.N. Hanlon of the New South Wales Geological Survey. A description of the scheelite follows in the report.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mineral deposits
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Report on geophysical survey of King Island scheelite mine

King Island Scheelite Mine is located on the east coast of King Island and is sixteen miles by road from Currie, the principal port on the island. The open cut method of mining is employed and the mine is an important producer of scheelite. There is scope for greatly increased production from the open cut area alone and with a view towards assessing the full possibilities of the area as a whole, geological and geophysical surveys were started concurrently by the Mineral Resources Survey Branch in June, 1942. The geophysical field work was conducted between 19th June and 10th July, 1942.

Tags: AU-TAS, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geophysics, mineral deposits
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Basin Biozonation and Stratigraphy Charts 2013

Five Basin Lithostratigraphy Charts:
Northern Carnarvon Basin Biozonation and Stratigraphy, 2013 - Chart 36
Offshore Northern Perth Basin Biozonation and Stratigraphy, 2013 - Chart 38
Perth Basin Biozonation and Stratigraphy, 2013 - Chart 39
Gippsland Basin Biozonation and Stratigraphy, 2013 - Chart 40 
Georgina Basin Biozonation and Stratigraphy, 2013 - Chart 41

Tags: Chart, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The Opal industry in Australia

This report was prepared by the Mineral Economics Section. Part 1 deals with the production of opal and includes sections on the history and present operations in the industry, production and overseas trade statistics, and the types of mining tenures at present available to opal miners. The fields at present being worked are described and the factors which affect production are discussed. Part 2 deals with the marketing of opal and includes sections on the cutting and preparation of stone, markets at home and abroad, and the various factors affecting trade. A number of proposals for improving trade and trading conditions generally are discussed, and the report concludes with a list of references in literature, two graphs showing the value of opal produced in each State and the whole of Australia, from 1890 to 1947, and a map of Australia showing localities mentioned in the text.

Tags: AU, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, economic geology, economic modelling, industry, mining
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geological report on the Cotter dam and the aggregate used in the concrete for the dam

In a memorandum dated 28th February, the Superintending Civil Engineer of the Department of the Interior stated that cracks were showing in the Cotter dam, and that these were serious enough to warrant an investigation as to whether there were minerals in the aggregate likely to cause expansion on decomposition. Visits were made to the Cotter dam and the adjacent rock quarries, and this report embodies the results of those visits and subsequent investigations. All possible geological factors likely to affect the stability and strength of the dam were investigated and, even though it was subsequently found that some of them could have little or no effect on the dam, they are discussed in this report.

Tags: AU-ACT, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Summary of activities in Carnarvon district, Western Australia, for field season, 1948

A geological field party was engaged in this area from 9th May to 30th September, 1948. This report provides an account of the field operations undertaken throughout this period and describes personnel involvement.

Tags: AU-WA, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mapping, palaeontology, research
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Notes on thermal radiation

As a preliminary step in the investigation of the problem of detecting a non-metallic body buried in soil at a shallow depth, a critical study was made of the various ways in which such a body might vary physically from its surroundings. One way in which such a body might differ from the enclosing soil was in such thermal properties as heat conductivity and heat capacity. The possibility of turning such differences to account in the problem of detection, however, seemed a very remote one. As it was desirable that no possibility, however remote, should be ignored it was decided to make a brief investigation of the thermal properties of soil and non-metallic materials such as might be used in the construction of the body in question. The following notes give the salient features of this investigation and show that detection of the buried object by virtue of its difference in thermal properties from the soil cannot be considered feasible. As a working hypothesis, it was assumed that the processes of heat exchange in the cycle of solar energy absorption and re-radiation would be changed in the vicinity of the buried object. The notes, therefore, deal briefly with this cycle, and the factors which influence the amount of solar energy absorbed and re-radiated.

Tags: GA Publication, Geophysics, Published_External, Record, geophysics
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data