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Galilee Basin region: Other resource potential data guide

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Publicly available geological data in the Galilee Basin region are compiled to produce statements of existing knowledge for natural hydrogen, hydrogen storage, coal and mineral occurrences. This data guide also contains assessment of the potential for carbon dioxide (CO2) geological storage and minerals in the basin region. The mineral occurrences are mostly found in the overlying basins, and they are often small and of little economic significance. There are some exceptions, such as the Lilyvale vanadium deposit found in the northern Galilee region, in the overlying Eromanga Basin. The Galilee Basin has limited potential for uranium and precious metal deposits due to relative lack of suitable formation conditions, but the depth of much of the basin makes exploration and mining difficult and expensive. There are some large coal measures found in the Galilee Basin, with 17 deposits in the Galilee and overlying Eromanga basins, containing about 38 billion tonnes of black coal. An assessment of geological storage of CO2 potential suggests the Galilee Basin Betts Creek - Rewan Play is the most prospective for storing CO2, with the highest potential around the central basin region. There are no reports of natural hydrogen in the Galilee Basin.

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Title Galilee Basin region: Other resource potential data guide
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f34f30b5-b322-42f3-bb6a-e311b55346a8
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Reference Period 08/04/2019
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Galilee Basin region: Other resource potential data guide". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/galilee-basin-region-other-resource-potential-data-guide