NSW Geochemistry Samples

The Geochemistry (Whole Rock) dataset contains information about the chemistry of rocks sampled in New South Wales and held by the Geological Survey of NSW (GSNSW). The data has been captured from analyses conducted by the GSNSW and from other work including academic research & collaborative projects, mineral exploration reports and geoscientific publications. The database contains geochemical analyses on nearly 27,000 rock samples which have been collected from field work and drilling activities which date back to the nineteenth century. There are also a small number of assay & hydro-geochemical results. It is an important dataset as the whole rock analysis of rocks for major and trace elements allows classification of the lithology of a rock and provides insight into the conditions in which the rocks formed as well as their economic potential.

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Identification info

Status
Point of contact
Role Organisation Electronic mail address
Point of contact

Geological Survey of NSW

minview.information@geoscience.nsw.gov.au

Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

Extent

N
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W




Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
ANZLIC

  • New South Wales

  • GEOSCIENCES-Geochemistry

  • INDUSTRY-Mining

Theme

  • Research

  • Sampling

  • Chemistry

Place

  • World

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research

  • Earth Sciences

Resource constraints

Use limitation

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Access constraints
Licence Unrestricted
Use constraints
Licence Unrestricted
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

OnLine resource

gsnsw:dw_geochemistry

NSW Geochemistry Samples

Resource lineage

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG:4326

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
CRS:84

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/adcefb0b1dd309c0aee8139e9ffcc24739a48306

Language
English
Character encoding
anyValidURI
Contact
Role Organisation Electronic mail address
Point of contact

Geological Survey of NSW

minview.information@geoscience.nsw.gov.au

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset

Metadata linkage

Function
Complete Metadata
Metadata linkage

http://portal.auscope.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/177abe2c-9efe-4fd2-a66e-0f1e099c3047

Date info (Revision)
2023-08-18T07:56:01
Date info (Creation)
2025-09-04T10:15:05

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

 
 

Spatial extent

Keywords

Chemistry Research Sampling
ANZLIC

GEOSCIENCES-Geochemistry INDUSTRY-Mining New South Wales
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research

Earth Sciences


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