Historical Mineral Exploration Points Across Western Australia

2009 data from the EXACT database, containing spatial points for mineral exploration activities described in open file reports. The database covers 17 specific project areas across Western Australia, including the Pilbara, Kimberley, and Goldfields regions, with the highest recorded activity number being A69999.

Use Cases

• Map exploration point density across the 17 project areas like East Pilbara and Paterson to identify regional prospectivity trends.
• Analyze the distribution of exploration activities by project area (e.g., Canning, Gascoyne) for geological survey planning.
• Use the spatial point data to correlate historical exploration activity with known mineral deposits in regions like the North Eastern Goldfields.

Strengths

• Covers 17 distinct mineral prospectivity project areas across Western Australia.
• Spatial data is available in multiple standard formats including GeoPackage, GeoJSON, and SHP.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY license for reuse.

Limitations

• Data collection was terminated in 2009, making the information over 15 years old and potentially stale.
• No row count, column details, or sample data are provided, limiting assessment of dataset scale and structure.
• The description lacks specifics on data attributes beyond location and project area, limiting analytical depth.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (Digital Data Administrator).

Collection Method

Compiled from exploration activities described in open file mineral exploration reports (WAMEX online) for specific project areas studied by Geological Survey of WA geologists.

Time Range

Final update was in 2009.

Freshness

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Geography

17 project areas in Western Australia: Arunta - Musgrave, Bangemall Basin, Canning, Earaheedy, East Kimberley, East Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid West coast, North Eastern Goldfields, North Kimberley, North Murchison, Paterson, Peak Hill, South West, West Hamersley, West Kimberley, West Pilbara.