Shallow Workings Polygons for Gold Mining in Australia at 1:100,000 Scale

Shallow Workings polygons, typically associated with gold mining operations, are provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-08 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It is distributed in multiple geospatial formats including SHP, GDB, and DWG.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial footprint of gold mining operations based on the 'shallow workings' concept.
• Conduct environmental impact assessments of mining areas based on polygon location data.
• Perform regional resource planning by overlaying workings data with other geological layers.
• Analyze land use changes and rehabilitation needs in historical mining districts.

Strengths

• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Available in 9 different geospatial file formats, including SHP, GDB, and DWG.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided: 2026-04-08.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Australia)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from geological surveys or mining permit records.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 22:17:37.766021; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia (implied by platform data_gov_au)