URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/cr125718

This study, conducted by the Sustainable Minerals Institute - SMI - as part of the Queensland Government New Economy Minerals Initiative - NEMI - reviews the key geological components of the tin-tungsten deposit process model, with reference to the geological settings of Queensland, and sets out areas considered as prospective for discovery of further Sn-W resources. Queensland hosts one world-class district, in northeast Queensland, two districts of significant tin occurrences, the Texas Province and the Croydon district, and numerous other locations with potential for mineralisation based on the presence of amenable felsic igneous magmatism and regional geochemical indicators

URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/cr136077

This report outlines the methodology and results of a targeting exercise in Queensland for three key mineral deposit types that are globally significant hosts for indium, gallium and germanium, and which have high potential for discovery in Queensland. Indium, gallium and germanium are high-value critical metals that currently have restricted global production, but demand is forecast to increase with new high technology applications. The study outlines 41 discrete areas across Queensland considered as having high prospectivity for new resources of these metals, with accompanying rationale and data provided in both this hardcopy report and in digital format.

The three key deposit types considered include volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) deposits, epithermal deposits, and granite-related deposits. All three types are related to igneous systems and share somewhat similar theoretical and mappable criteria that can be applied in targeting. Significant examples of all three mineral deposit types are present in Queensland, most particularly in northeast Queensland. The targeting study has combined the relatively well-documented mineral systems models for these deposit types with an overlay of In-Ga-Ge geochemistry derived from two key datasets; the mineral occurrence dataset (MinOcc) and the fine-fraction basin drainage data from the National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA).

Indium, gallium and germanium are known to be variably enriched in sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag, bauxite and coal deposits. The mineralogy and occurrence of indium, gallium and germanium in these deposit types are discussed in this report, but given the large existing resource base for these deposit types in Queensland they have not been considered as part of this prospectivity analysis.

URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/cr125726

This study, conducted by the Sustainable Minerals Institute - SMI - as part of the Queensland Government New Economy Minerals Initiative - NEMI, reviews the seven key mineral deposit types known to host cobalt mineralisation globally, typically as a by-product, and their high-level prospectivity within Queensland. On the basis of a process model approach, a mineral potential assessment outlines between two to five priority areas, with accompanying rationale, in which to explore for each of these deposit types. The datasets utilised for the exercise and the consequent target zones are provided, where they are available and distributable, as a GIS package.

URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/cr130518

This study, conducted by the Sustainable Minerals Institute - SMI - as part of the Queensland Government New Economy Minerals Initiative - NEMI - reviews the key mineral deposit types known to host potentially economic sources of molybdenium and rhenium globally, and investigates the high-level prospectivity for these critical elements in Queensland. A process model approach is applied to three molybdenum / rhenium-bearing deposit types considered to have strong potential for economic deposits in Queensland

This data set includes the value of mineral production by state in the United States in thousands of U.S. dollars. The data represent commodities covered by the National Minerals Information Center of the U.S. Geological Survey. This data set includes years going back to 1990 and going through 2011; estimated data for 2012 and 2013 are available in the Mineral Commodity Summaries but are not included here because they are not considered final.

Key information about Papua New Guinea Minerals Production

• Papua New Guinea Minerals Production was reported at 6,145,845.000 Metric Ton in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 6,418,727.000 Metric Ton for Dec 2022
• Papua New Guinea Minerals Production data is updated yearly, averaging 5,559,398.000 Metric Ton from Dec 2009 to 2023, with 15 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 6,418,727.000 Metric Ton in 2022 and a record low of 1,684,145.000 Metric Ton in 2012
• Papua New Guinea Minerals Production data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Ministry Republic of Austria
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Metal and Mining Sector – Table WB.BMF.WMPC: World Mining Production by Country

Key information about New Zealand Minerals Production

• New Zealand Minerals Production was reported at 8,389,186.000 Metric Ton in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 9,000,198.000 Metric Ton for Dec 2022
• New Zealand Minerals Production data is updated yearly, averaging 10,900,569.000 Metric Ton from Dec 2009 to 2023, with 15 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 13,521,854.000 Metric Ton in 2010 and a record low of 8,389,186.000 Metric Ton in 2023
• New Zealand Minerals Production data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Ministry Republic of Austria
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Metal and Mining Sector – Table WB.BMF.WMPC: World Mining Production by Country

URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/cr138495

High-resolution ground gravity survey targeting new-economy minerals (Copper - Cobalt) in the Kalkadoon-Leichhardt Belt - 2900 new gravity stations published

Graph and download economic data for Gross Domestic Product: Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (327) in the New England BEA Region (NENGNMMPMANNGSP) from 1997 to 2024 about New England BEA Region, nonmetallic, minerals, GSP, durable goods, private industries, production, goods, private, manufacturing, industry, GDP, and USA.

Although much discussed in the literature, maps showing the detailed outline of the Colorado Mineral Belt are lacking. Lovering and Goddard (1950) show the geology and mines associated with the "Front Range mineral belt" but do not indicate an outline on plates or figures. Tweto and Sims (1963) published the outline of the Colorado mineral belt as page-size illustrations, differing on each. Sims (unpublished data, 2001) attempted to refine the outline of the Colorado Mineral Belt by sketching on a paper copy of the 1:500,000-scale geologic map (Tweto, 1979), but was lacking additional data layers such as Proterozoic structures based on aeromagnetic data, mines and prospects, to query simultaneously. Based on detailed information on the location of the Tertiary intrusions and mineral deposits, and on the control provided by the Proterozoic structures, all superimposed using GIS, a new outline of the Colorado Mineral Belt is proposed. Four different versions of the mineral belt outline are included in this data release: Tweto and Sims, 1963 (district-based and generalized), Sims (unpublished, 2001), and Wilson and Sims (2003).

Locations of over 31,000 types of minerals throughout NSW, including coal, gas, gemstones and construction materials. This spatial dataset is a derivative product of the New South Wales Mineral Occurence Database (also known as New South Wales MetIndEx). It records over 31,000 known mineral occurrences throughout NSW. These records have been compiled from resource and production data compiled from both historic and current mining operations records held by the Geological Survey of NSW. Data records start from a state-wide Metallogenic Mapping program developed by the Survey in the late 1960s and are continuously improved via mandatory reporting. The alternative name MetIndEx refers to the METallics, INDustrial minerals and Exploration discoveries database of economic mineral deposits and occurrences in New South Wales. The data has been migrated over various databases from Microsoft Access to Oracle and SQL Server. The location data has also had multiple datum changes since the original database was compiled. The data is being continuously improved and refined by the custodians on an irregular basis. This data is part of the New South Wales Geoscientific Data Warehouse (NSW GDW) series.

Metal Industry Indicators (MII) is a monthly newsletter that analyzes and forecasts the economic health of five metal-processing industries: primary metals, steel, copper, primary and secondary aluminum, and aluminum mill products. The MII presents composite leading and coincident indexes of a set of indicators that historically have proven to lead or coincide with the major business cycle changes in these industries. The indexes were developed in cooperation with the Center for International Business Cycle Research at Columbia University. Each month, these indexes are analyzed along with any economy-wide occurrences that would affect the metals industries. Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products Industry Indicators (IMII) is a monthly newsletter that analyzes and forecasts the economic health of four industrial-mineral-processing industries: stone, clay, glass, and concrete products. The IMII presents composite leading and coincident indexes of a set of indicators that historically have proven to lead or coincide with the major business cycle changes in these industries. The indexes were developed cooperation with the Center for International Business Cycle Research at Columbia University. Each month, these indexes are analyzed along with any economy-wide occurrences that would affect the industrial minerals industries.

The point and polygon layers within this geodatabase present the global distribution of selected mineral resource features (deposits, mines, districts, mineral regions) for 22 minerals or mineral commodities considered critical to the economy and security of the United States as of 2017. These data complement the report by Schulz and others (2017) which provides national and global information on 23 critical minerals - antimony (Sb), barite (barium, Ba), beryllium (Be), cobalt (Co), fluorite or fluorspar (fluorine, F), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), graphite (carbon, C), hafnium (Hf), indium (In), lithium (Li), manganese (Mn), niobium (Nb), platinum-group elements (PGE), rare-earth elements (REE), rhenium (Re), selenium (Se), tantalum (Ta), tellurium (Te), tin (Sn), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), and zirconium (Zr) resources. The geospatial locations for deposits containing selenium, which is recovered mainly as a byproduct of other produced mineral commodities, is not included in this geodatabase. These geospatial data and the accompanying report are an update to information published in 1973 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 820, United States Mineral Resources. For the current and full discussion of the individual critical minerals, their uses, identified resources, national and global distribution, geologic overview, resource assessment, and geoenvironmental considerations see: Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, and Bradley, D.C., eds., 2017, Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1802, 777 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1802

Graph and download economic data for Chain-Type Quantity Index for Real GDP: Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (327) in the New England BEA Region (NENGNMMPMANQGSP) from 1997 to 2024 about New England BEA Region, nonmetallic, minerals, quantity index, GSP, durable goods, private industries, production, goods, private, manufacturing, industry, GDP, and USA.

URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/ds000101

The Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan (QRIDP) was created by government, industry and communities. It sets out a pathway for a resources industry that will continue to create jobs and prosperity for generations to come—responsibly and sustainably. The QRIDP was announced in April 2021, among the 6 focus areas there was a $20 Million investment in precompetitive geoscience programs and circular economy research for the mining industry as well as $22.6 Million invested in Queensland's Collaborative Exploration Initiative.

Action #2- Collaborative Exploration Initiative.

The Collaborative Exploration Initiative (CEI) aims to encourage the discovery and development of Queensland's critical mineral deposits to help meet the growing demands of the world's technology and renewable energy sectors. Funding is currently provided under the Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan (QRIDP), with $17.5 million available until June 2027 to support Queensland's exploration companies to discover the future mines to produce the minerals and metals that the world needs.

• CEI Round 7 - Round 7, which ran from April to December 2023, supported 25 projects – with all data collected through these projects now freely available to access here
• CEI Round 8 - Round 8 is in progress, with projects due to be completed by December 2024. Final reports will be made available from 16th June 2025.
• CEI Round 9 - Opening soon, successful applicants to be awarded 1 April 2025

Action #3 - Geophysics for Discovery

The Queensland Government has invested $10 million in geophysical data such as aeromagnetics, gravity, and magnetotellurics, which are essential for the discovery of mineral systems underground (such as the majority of those in outback Queensland), to help build a picture for developers and investors.

• Regional Gravity - A regional airborne gravity gradiometry (AGG) survey, with line spacing at 1km or better, was discussed as a high priority for mineral explorers based on feedback collected by the GSQ. The Etheridge AGG survey was flown in April-May 2024 and covered over 32,000 sq km in the Georgetown region.

• Regional Magnetics - A regional airborne magnetic and radiometric survey was conducted in the Georgetown region survey to continue to grow the coverage of high resolution magnetics and radiometric data available across prospective regions in Queensland. The Einasleigh airborne geophysics survey has been completed with data due to be released in mid 2024.

• Regional AEM - A regional Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) survey with a line spacing of 2km will improve the data density within the 20km spaced AusAEM and provide explorers with a much higher resolution dataset to enable area selection and targeting under cover. This survey will be conducted in the Georgetown region in mid 2024 with data to be released by end of 2024.

• AusAEM - GSQ contribution to Geoscience Australia's AusAEM airborne electromagnetic survey in Queensland. AusAEM is the world's largest AEM survey ever undertaken, and extends across the Australian continent. AEM allows mapping of the subsurface electrical conductivity of rocks, sediments and waters, and can aid in the identification of electrically conductive minerals such as sulfides. The 2024 AusAEM program will be flown in mid 2024 and will extend current AusAEM coverage to the east, data will be released late 2024

• Petrophysics Data - This project involves the collection and processing of petrophysics with CSIRO's Mobile Petrophysics Lab along key reference core selected by the GSQ Minerals systems team and the integration with other analytical data. Data and reports will be released on the open data portal

• AusLAMP - GSQ contribution to Geoscience Australia's AusLAMP magnetotelluric survey in Queensland. AusLAMP is a long-period MT survey that images the electrical conductivity structure of the Autralian continental lithosphere in three dimensions and aims to identify and characterise major geological structures in the crust. These structures may be related to zones of prospective mineralisation in the upper crust. Data for all AusLAMP sites collected in Queensland can be found on the Geoscience Australia website.

• Gravity AFGN Update - Increased demand for gravity data acquisition from Industry requires that these surveys can be tied into the national gravity compilation. Revisiting AFGN sites to ensure they are still functional and establishing new sites in areas of demand will ensure gravity readings collected are accurate and accessible.

• Deep Seismic - A deep seismic survey proposed from Lawn Hill across to Croydon will improve the regional understanding of major geological domains and structures between the Mount Isa and Georgetown terrains. The new seismic is proposed to commence in 2025-2026 and will be incorporated into the current deep seismic network to provide a 3-dimensional understanding of the geology across the state.

Action #4 – New Economy Mineral Systems and Geoscience

The Queensland Government invested $5 million in geoscience research on existing copper, cobalt, rare earth, indium and other new economy mineral deposits to better understand their occurrence and distribution. Projects under this banner provide the resources sector with the tools they need to overcome challenges and develop new techniques to aid exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals. It is increasingly essential as the frontier for discovery moves into deeper and more difficult terrains, while the demand for new economy minerals increases exponentially.

• Geochem Data Update - The updated Queensland Geochemistry Database has an additional 600,000 new data that covers all the 5 Queensland Geochemical data blocks. The new data release is in GDA2020 datum, and are available from Whole of Queensland Geochemistry databases - Whole of Queensland Geochemistry databases - Geochemistry - GSQ Open Data Portal

• Georgetown Hydrogeochem - The Hydrogeochemistry study of eastern Mount Isa has identified seventeen areas of interest for further mineral exploration work. The same technique is applied to the undercover areas surrounding the Georgetown block and fill areas of data gaps in the eastern Mount Isa. All sampling and analytical work have been completed and the various collaborators (GSQ, CSIRO, RUTGERS and QUT) are at the stage of data analysis of the variety of chemistry types, and will integrate them into a final report expected for release in December 2024.

• Characterisation of Queensland mineral deposits - An integrated work program aiming to build up an extensive reference collection of representative drill hole and surface samples and associated geoscience data, to comprehensively characterise geochemical, mineralogical and petrophysical signatures of mineralisation, alteration and distal footprints of key deposits of different deposit types including the north east and north west mineral provinces;

  • GSQ Reference Collection Projects

• Deposit Atlas Phase 3 - Deposit Atlases are a valuable tool for explorers, providing insights to identify the characteristic features and surrounding indicators of major mineral deposits. The third phase of this initiative will examine 28 deposits spanning the Northeast and Northwest Mineral Provinces. Curated by the WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (BRC), each atlas will encompass a detailed report and three-dimensional datasets integrating publicly accessible data.

• Digital Earth - The Digital Earth Project aims to develop a scalable, seamless twin of minerals geoscience data held in the GSQ open data portal. This innovation will visualise, in 3D, regional and local-scale geology, geochemistry, and geophysics, and critically all the Mineral Deposit Atlas data for Queensland. A production-ready version of the app will be assessed for public release from September 2024.

• Isotopes Undercover - Heavier copper isotope signatures in groundwater are indicative of oxidation of copper sulfides during weathering. The 65Cu to 63Cu ratio is used as a potential exploration tool to telescope into potential undercover copper mineralization. A spatial analysis of 42 water

New Caledonia Material Resources: Direct Material Input per Capita: Non Metallic Minerals: Construction Minerals data was reported at 4.267 Tonne in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.142 Tonne for 2021. New Caledonia Material Resources: Direct Material Input per Capita: Non Metallic Minerals: Construction Minerals data is updated yearly, averaging 4.744 Tonne from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.556 Tonne in 2011 and a record low of 3.334 Tonne in 1993. New Caledonia Material Resources: Direct Material Input per Capita: Non Metallic Minerals: Construction Minerals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Caledonia – Table NC.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Material Resources by Material Groups: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Abstract

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied.

These data represent the OZMIN Oracle relational database containing geological and resource information for Australian mineral deposits. OZMIN has been compiled from published references and has been designed so that attribute information can be retrieved and analysed in relation to spatial data contained in geographic information systems. The national mineral deposits dataset contains data on over one thousand major and historically significant mineral deposits for 60 mineral commodities (including coal). Data available via mapping interfaces on the Geoscience Australia website are updated weekly whilst data available via download are a snapshot at the "Ending Date" of the current database entries.

Full Metadata available at: http://www.ga.gov.au/meta/ANZCW0703003393.html

Dataset History

The data within this dataset is derived directly from the corporate ORACLE OZMIN Mineral Deposits database.

An ASCII extraction of the Geoscience Australia ORACLE database is generated as ASCII comma-delimited files for each table that is part of or used by the OZMIN database. Only data that is part of the current release of OZMIN (Release 3 - October 2000) is included.

An MS ACCESS database format is also replicated from the ORACLE database and uses the same table structure. Only data that is part of the current release of OZMIN (Release 3 - October 2000) is included.

The spatial representation of this database in (ArcView and MapInfo format) is extracted and generated using ArcInfo GIS software to meet the published data standard within the Geoscience Australia data dictionary. The extraction of the spatial GIS datasets is done within ArcInfo using advanced AML code (ORACOV.AML) developed by Dmitar Butrovski, Geoscience Australia.

Further information can be found at http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/gcat_a05f7892-b68d-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6/OZMIN+Mineral+Deposits+Database

Dataset Citation

Geoscience Australia (2013) OZMIN Mineral Deposits Database. Bioregional Assessment Source Dataset. Viewed 12 December 2018, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/34247a24-d3cf-4a98-bb9d-81671ddb99de.

Source to Spectrum (S2S) is a new collaborative research project on economic mineral systems in South Australia funded under the Australian Research Council Linkage scheme. The universities of South Australia, Adelaide and Monash have partnered... Source to Spectrum (S2S) is a new collaborative research project on economic mineral systems in South Australia funded under the Australian Research Council Linkage scheme. The universities of South Australia, Adelaide and Monash have partnered with the Geological Survey of South Australia, Fortescue Metals Group, Minotaur Exploration, Investigator Resources and Rex Minerals for the project. This article focuses on the motivation behind the research project and the scientific aims and outputs that have the ultimate aim of facilitating mineral exploration success in South Australia. Since the discovery of the Olympic Dam IOCG deposit in 1975 there has been a strong bias towards exploration for this style of deposit within South Australia. S2S aims to redress that bias to better characterise the spectrum of deposits on the Gawler Craton and to produce a series of metal-specific prospectivity maps, each taking into account the likelihood of deposit formation and preservation at the scale of prospective plutons and fault-bound blocks within the basement.

Graph and download economic data for Chain-Type Quantity Index for Real GDP: Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (327) in New Jersey (NJNMMPMANQGSP) from 1997 to 2024 about nonmetallic, minerals, quantity index, NJ, GSP, durable goods, private industries, production, goods, private, manufacturing, industry, GDP, and USA.

This data set includes mineral and metal operations in the United States. The data represent commodities monitored by the National Minerals Information Center of the USGS, and the operations included are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the MIT.