High Purity Quartz Prospectivity Map for Australia

Australia's first national-scale mineral potential map for high purity quartz, generated by Geoscience Australia. The model supports the discovery of rare high purity silica deposits, which are critical for semiconductors and solar cells. This work was presented at the 2024 AusIMM Critical Minerals Conference.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing exploration targets based on the national-scale mineral potential map
• Assessing regional prospectivity for high purity quartz deposits using the mineral systems model
• Informing downstream processing investments based on potential resource locations

Strengths

• First mineral systems model for high purity quartz in Australia
• National-scale mineral potential map provides broad coverage

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Generated as part of the Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-12 09:16:43.691117; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australia