Geoscience Australia Borehole Database: Header and Survey Data

The Geoscience Australia Boreholes database includes header and directional survey data from boreholes drilled by Geoscience Australia and its predecessor organizations. It also contains resource exploration boreholes from Australian Commonwealth offshore marine jurisdictions and a selection of onshore mineral, groundwater, geothermal, and seismic boreholes. The data is sourced from various Australian government regulatory authorities for research purposes.

Use Cases

• Analyze subsurface geology based on borehole header data
• Model groundwater resources based on borehole location and depth
• Study mineral exploration patterns based on borehole distribution
• Research geothermal potential based on borehole survey data

Strengths

• Data includes boreholes from multiple sources: Geoscience Australia, Commonwealth offshore jurisdictions, and selected onshore projects
• Contains both header information and directional survey data

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Sourced from various regulatory authorities in Australian states, territories, and Commonwealth governments

Freshness

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Geography

Australian onshore and Commonwealth offshore marine jurisdictions