Description: Alluvial mineral occurrences within areas where prospecting is allowed. Includes summary mineral occurrence data, derived from the Mineral Occurrence Database, administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT). The summary Mineral Occurrence data includes: the Mineral occurrence name (note that an occurrence may have multiple names or aliases), the commodity type (as defined above), the nature of the occurrence (e.g., mine or prospect, mineralised area), the commodity or commodities present, the geological unit that hosts the occurrence and the positional accuracy of the record. A Details field provides a link to a Mineral Occurrence Details page where further information, including references and public domain resource figures, may be available.
Description: This is a map image layer which includes the datasets relevant to prospecting activity in Tasmania. The sub layers included are:Mineral Deposits - all alluvial mineral deposits from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) database, and filtered for those located within areas where prospecting is allowed.Exploration Licences - areas covered by current exploration licences or exploration licence applications; prospectors require additional permissions to undertake prospecting in these areas.Mining Leases - areas covered by current mining leases or mining lease applications; prospectors require additional permissions to undertake prospecting in these areas.Fossicking Areas - declared fossicking areas, prospecting is not allowed in these areas but fossicking is. The two activities are similar but fossicking does not require a licence and cannot be undertaken for commercial gain.Prospecting Access - all the land area of Tasmania classified according to whether or not prospecting is allowed.A full description of the source and compilation of the data can be found here
Description: Current Exploration Licence polygons across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Addtional attributes indicate what permission is required for prospecting.Exploration licence polygons delineate areas in which licence holders are permitted to explore for the listed categories of minerals. Exploration licences may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mineral exploration activities may include: geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys, drilling, and taking samples of rock, soil, water or other substances for analysis. Mining is not an exploration activity and cannot occur on an exploration licence.
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Description: Mining Lease polygons and production licence polygons for all mineral categories across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the TIGER system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Additional attrbitues are added to indicate what permissions are required for prospecting.Mining Lease polygons delineate areas in which lease holders are permitted to conduct mining operations. Mining Leases may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mining operations include: obtaining and treating minerals, storing and containing minerals or waste material generated on a lease or another area, and activities associated with mining. Mining also includes production activities in relation to a category 4 mineral or a category 6 mineral.
Value: Permission required from applicant and Director of Mines Label: Application - Permission required from applicant and Director of Mines Description: N/A Symbol:
Description: Fossicking areas are declared by order of the Minister under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Any person may fossick in a declared fossick area, where fossicking is defined to mean to search for minerals for a purpose other than for commercial gain to a depth of 2 metres by:(a) digging by hand; or(b) using hand held instruments;
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Description: A composite map layer that displays the land tenure of Tasmania classified as to whether or not prospecting is allow, this is overlaid and over-ridden by a subset of the areas unavailable under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. The layer also shows all current mineral tenements, and declared fossicking areas.A full description of the source and compilation of the data can be found here