Phosphate deposits in Tasmania

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

The following information regarding calcium phosphate deposits or phosphate rock in Tasmania has been obtained from the following sources - published reports and typewritten reports of the Tasmanian Mines Department and my own personal knowledge gained while Government Geologist of Tasmania.

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Title Phosphate deposits in Tasmania
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/3846f1a9-ec15-43c7-9f50-c05877025cf4
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Geoscience Australia Data
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        144.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -40.0
      ],
      [
        144.0,
        -40.0
      ],
      [
        144.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Phosphate deposits in Tasmania". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/phosphate-deposits-in-tasmania