Global database of zinc-lead-bearing mineral deposits

A dataset of global zinc-bearing mineral deposits has been developed that complements previous such datasets (Franklin et al., 2005; Meinert et al., 2005; Mosier et al., 2009a,b; Taylor et al. 2009).


The new dataset provides information on name, location, type, metal endowment, host rocks, associated igneous rocks, regional and proximal alteration assemblages (including, where possible, spatial and temporal zonation), Fe-S-O mineralogy, the presence of sulfate minerals, and sulfur and lead isotope data. In particular, unlike previous datasets, the age information provides the uncertainties of age determinations along with information on the assumptions and analytical methods used to determine the age.


The dataset is meant to be used in conjunction with previous datasets and will be updated. Analysis of trends and relationships within the datasets are ongoing and will be published separately.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2021-10-07
Date (Publication)
2022-04-27T02:14:24
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/145925

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2022.010

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Author

Huston, D.

 MEG Internal Contact
Author

Eglington, B.

 University of Saskatchewan External Contact
Author

Pehrsson, S.

 Geological Survey of Canada External Contact
Author

Piercey, S.

 Memorial University of Newfoundland External Contact
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Name

Record

Issue identification

RECORD 2022/010

Purpose

This resource is intended as a global database of major zinc deposits, including information on name, location, classification, age, grade/tonnage, host rocks, associated igneous rocks, alteration mineralogy, ore mineralogy ad metamorphic grade.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Huston, D.

 MEG Internal Contact
Resource provider

Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

 External Contact
Spatial representation type

Spatial resolution

Level of detail

+/- 0.01 degrees

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period
2021-10-07

Extent

N
S
E
W


Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Website

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

  • EARTH SCIENCES

Sub-Topic Category

  • Zinc deposits

Product

  • Compilation

Sub-Topic Category

  • Mineralisation age

Sub-Topic Category

  • Sulfur isotopes

Sub-Topic Category

  • Lead isotopes

Sub-Topic Category

  • Wall-rock alteration

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
OnLine resource

Download the Record (pdf) [967.7 KB]

Download the Record (pdf) [967.7 KB]

Distribution format

  • pdf

    File decompression technique

    None

OnLine resource

Download Appendix A (xlsx) [1.0 MB]

Download Appendix A (xlsx) [1.0 MB]

Distribution format

  • xlsx

    File decompression technique

    None

OnLine resource

Download Appendix B (xlsx) [23.2 KB]

Download Appendix B (xlsx) [23.2 KB]

Distribution format

  • xlsx

    File decompression technique

    None

Resource lineage

Statement

This resource was compiled and updated over the period 2014-2022 by the authors from publicly-available data.

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/54d407d6-7bb3-425c-8947-cb6f0b487072

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Owner

Huston, D

 Geoscience Australia Internal Contact
Point of contact

Huston, D.

 MEG Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Document
Name

GA publication: GA Record

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/145925

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5167d912-6784-4371-9938-3931e84ca6f1

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/54d407d6-7bb3-425c-8947-cb6f0b487072

Date info (Creation)
2019-04-08T01:55:29
Date info (Revision)
2019-04-08T01:55:29

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

Compilation Lead isotopes Mineralisation age Sulfur isotopes Wall-rock alteration Zinc deposits
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
EARTH SCIENCES

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