Role of GSNSW, GSNSW Structure, GSNSW 2015-16

1. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
Geological Survey of NSW
Chris Yeats
Executive Director, GSNSW

2. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
Role of GSNSW
The Geological Survey of NSW collects and manages
geological, geophysical, geochemical and geospatial
data…
to inform the government, resource industry and the
community about the state's geology, and mineral,
coal, petroleum and renewable energy resources….
to facilitate the safe and sustainable development of
NSW mineral and energy resources for the benefit of
all NSW citizens.
HOW
WHAT
WHY

3. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
Executive Director
GSNSW
Chris Yeats
Geoscience
Acquisition &
Synthesis
John Greenfield
Geoscience
Information
Sam Wilkin
Coal Innovation
NSW
Rick Fowler
Land Use & Titles
Advice
Paul Dale
Strategic Resource
Assessment &
Advice
Kevin Ruming
GSNSW Structure
Data Collection
& Delivery
Provision of
Advice

4. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
GSNSW 2015-16
102 Staff
63 Permanent, 39 Term staff
Coal Innovation NSW within GSNSW
$30.9M Budget
$11.6M Staff, $12.6M Operating
$2.3M Grants, $4.3M CapEx
$3.0BN Assets
$2.5b – digital data holdings
$0.5b – core, cuttings, samples in 6 core libraries
1400GSNSW products
600 books, reports, bulletins etc.
60 digital data packages, apps
550 maps
Capabilities across coal, petroleum,
geosequestration, geothermal and
minerals:
• Mapping
• Mineral systems
• Geophysics, 3D
• Large survey and drilling procurement
• Land-use, titles, & resource assessment
• Palaeontology, Petrology, HyLogger™
• Digital Cartography
• Editing, layout, graphics
• Databases, web delivery, apps

5. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
Seamless Geology
Western NSW (Zone 54) preliminary stitch, including
Broken Hill, complete
Londonderry Core Library Extension
New HyLogger™ facility, new meeting room
Cooperative Drilling
Round 1 completed
Applications for Round 2 closed April 29
Southern Thomson Orogen
Ground geophysics completed
Drill sites selected – drilling this winter
Geoscience Information
New DIGS search engine operational
NSW Whole rock geochemistry database
East Riverina
Mapping completed for Ardelethan & Barmedman
NVCL
Cobar project, 3D Porphyry project
CINSW
$10M R&D funding round
Ground truthing and enviro/heritage work for Seismic
Key Projects
Cobar metallogenic map Will be released later this year
Moss Vale Explanatory Notes released
Yathong Trough Seismic data released
Coastal Quaternary Geology of NSW
Common Ground Launched
Sm-Nd Map of NSW released
3D Modelling Online web viewer for GSNSW 3D models
Special MentionsHighlights of 2015-16

6. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
WB Clarke Geoscience Centre Expansion
 $5M project completed ahead of schedule and under budget in March
2016
 expands the core storage
capacity from 1200 km to
1875 km of core
 storage facility for
naturally occurring
radioactive materials
 portable XRF, desktop
XRD
 new meeting room
 dedicated HyLogger™
facility

7. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun
Geological Mapping
Regional Mapping East Riverina north East Riverina south Gilgandra
Metallogenic/mineral potential Cobar NEO Mineral Potential Mac Arc Mineral potential
Mineral deposit models (including spectral) Zone 56 Zone 55 Zone 54
Seamless Geology Zone 54 Zone 55 East Zone 55 West Mac arc redux B.Hill redux NEO redux
Mineral potential maps (seamless derivatives) Z56 mineral potential Zone 55 Mineral Potential Z54 Mineral potential
Metamorphic map (seamless derivatives) NSW Metamorphic Map Fault attribution
Precompetitive data acquisition
Southern Thomson Drill site testing Stratigraphic Drilling
Seismic Southern central NSW
Airborne Magnetic & radiometric Gilgandra
AusLamp MT Statewide Lachlan TZ
Crustal framework
3D Basement NEO E. Riverina Central Lachlan
3D Statewide DTB and fault network DTB DTB Major fault networks Update and infill statewide model
3D Basins Darling, Surat Sydney-Gunnedah Murray, Eromanga Oaklands Resources- coal, gas, water, CO2, heat
Ore deposits & tectonics of the Lachlan Orogen CODES project
Database
Stratigraphic unit tables Zone 56 Zone 55 Zone 54
Data delivery
Online data delivery WR Geochemistry Palaeontology Airborne Geophysics Seismic delivery module
Maps & Reports On Demand web app Phase 1: maps & reports Phase 2: enhancements & extra features Refine
Geoscience Information Gateway (with 3D capability) 2D Map viewer Integrated portal Fully integrated 3D geological model of NSW
20212015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
FY2021FY1516 FY1617 FY1718 FY1819 FY1920
New Frontiers Initiative 5 Year Plan

8. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange

9. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
ARRC Linkage
Tectonic Evolution of the Lachlan Orogen

10. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
ARRC Linkage
Tectonic Evolution of the Lachlan Orogen
• Collect new data on SE Australian mineral systems
– Victorian Cambrian mineral systems
– NSW Ordovician porphyry
– Silurian-Devonian mineral systems
• Use this new data for
– Evaluation of Lachlan tectonic models
– Development of ore fertility models
• Deliverables
– Plate tectonic models incorporating ore
genesis
– Prospectivity analysis
– New geochemical, geochronological and
mineral chemistry data

11. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange
Cobar Metallogenic
Mapping
East Riverina
Mapping
NEO Mineral
Potential Mapping
Southern Thomson
Drilling & MT
Seamless
Geology
Z55
East
Exp. Notes: Braidwood
Captains Flat
Exp. Notes: Coolabah
Exp. Notes: Mt OxleySurat
Data Package
Eromanga
Data Package
Murray - Darling
Data Package Sydney – Gunnedah
3D Model
NVCL Broken Hill
2016-17 Project Areas

12. Exploration Data WorkshopGeological Survey Technical Talks
1st June 2016, Orange