Product catalogue
Australian Operating Mines Map 2020
This map shows the locations of mines operating at the end of 2020, developing mines and miners under care and maintenance in Australia. Developing mines are deposits with a proven minable resource and where mines site development has commenced or where a decision to mine has been announced. Mines under care and maintenance show mines that could restart with investment or a change in commodity price and demand. Closed mines at the end of 2020 are not shown.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-12-09T01:08:50
- Date (Publication)
- 2021-03-02
- Edition date
- 2016-01-01T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/144658
- Cited responsible party
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Publisher Geoscience Australia
Canberra Author Hughes, A.
- Name
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Australian Operating Mines Map
- Issue identification
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2020
- Purpose
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The Australian Operating Mines Map assists governments and communities to understand the distribution of Australian mines, supporting monitoring and planning for the mining sector and regional economies.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
Internal Contact Point of contact Hughes, A.
MEG Internal Contact
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 7500000
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
Extent
))
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Annually
Resource format
- Title
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Product data repository: Various Formats
- Protocol
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FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY
- Name of the resource
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
- Description
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Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes
- Keywords
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OMM_151357
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Geoscience
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Thematic Map
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- Theme
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Mining
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- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification: Fields of Research
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Geology
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- Keywords
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Published_External
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Resource constraints
- Title
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
- Alternate title
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CC-BY
- Edition
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4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- License
Resource constraints
- Title
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
Associated resource
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distributor contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice
- OnLine resource
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Download the map (pdf) [16.1 MB]
Download the map (pdf) [16.1 MB]
- Distribution format
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pdf
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Resource lineage
- Statement
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Source Creation: Geoscience Australia compiles data on the location and operational status of mines (operating, developing, and under care and maintenance) directly from publicly available data reported by industry.
Digital Integration: Platforms like the Digital Atlas of Australia ingest source files (such as XLSX formats) and convert them using geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro into standardized Point Feature Classes without altering the core content.
Distribution Services: Data is published through web mapping services (WMS/WFS) and downloadable catalogues via Geoscience Australia's product and data portals.
Metadata constraints
- Title
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/74c290c8-2fea-401d-bfca-9c1c0859511f
- Title
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GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Hughes, A.
MEG Internal Contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Document
- Name
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Map
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with uuid
- Citation identifier
- eCatId/144658
- Date info (Creation)
- 2026-09-27T23:05:14.185Z
- Date info (Creation)
- 2026-09-27T22:29:21.405Z
- Date info (Creation)
- 2026-09-02T02:56:58.364Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-09-27T23:06:49.355Z
- Date info (Creation)
- 2016-01-12T00:00:00
Metadata standard
- Title
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115-3
- Title
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
- Edition
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Version 2.0, September 2018
- Citation identifier
- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551