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National ASTER Map Opaque index

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Band ratio: B1/B4 Blue is low abundance, Red is high abundance (potentially includes carbon black (e.g. ash), magnetite, Mn oxides, and sulphides in unoxidised envornments Useful for mapping: (1) magnetite-bearing rocks (e.g. BIF); (2) maghemite gravels; (3) manganese oxides; (4) graphitic shales. Note 1: (1) and (4) above can be evidence for "reduced" rocks when interpreting REDOX gradients. Combine with AlOH group Content (high values) and Composition (high values) products, to find evidence for any invading "oxidised" hydrothermal fluids which may have interacted with reduced rocks evident in the Opaques index product.

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Title National ASTER Map Opaque index
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/7d9f5199-fa65-4fbc-ba97-6e5e123e3087
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 11/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        111.5,
        -44.5
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -44.5
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        111.5,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        111.5,
        -44.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "National ASTER Map Opaque index". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/national-aster-map-opaque-index