Australian Operating Mines WFS

Created 09/01/2026

Updated 09/01/2026

This web map service shows the location and status of Australian operating mines, mines under development and mines under care and maintenance. Developing mines are deposits where the project has a positive feasibility study, development has commenced or all approvals have been received. Mines under care and maintenance have known resource estimations and may be mined or developed in the future.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Australian Operating Mines WFS
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2dce4771-245b-49dc-91c1-7fe208265047
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 04/05/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        113.0,
        -43.0
      ],
      [
        153.5,
        -43.0
      ],
      [
        153.5,
        -11.0
      ],
      [
        113.0,
        -11.0
      ],
      [
        113.0,
        -43.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Australian Operating Mines WFS". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australian-operating-mines-wfs