Mineral Occurrence Location Data Base; BMR, Australia

The Australian Mineral Occurrence Location Database provides information on mineral occurrence and deposit locations in Australia. Currently, data covers 52% of Australia by area. The data base contains the name of mineral occurrences with the geographical coordinates of each occurrence. The spatial resolution: varies from 10m to 10 km, mainly about 500m. Sources of the data are named, such as maps, bibliographies, or correspondence. Commodities associated with the occurrence are delineated. The data is about 32 Megabytes and is rectified to standard coordinates. There are charges for the data. Order form and information about the data set are available from B. Elliott, Project Manager, Mineral Databases (telephone [phone]) or BMR Publication Sales (fax [phone]).