Geological Survey of New South Wales
The Geological Survey Branch is the state's premier geoscience agency providing information and advice to government, the exploration and mining industry and the community on the state's geology, mineral resources, and land use planning. More about the Geological Survey of New South Wales
Online Minerals Applications
DIGS® is an interactive database of exploration and geoscience information.
EROL is an extension to DIGS, which enables exploration title holders to lodge reports via the internet.
MinView allows users to interactively display and query geoscience and exploration tenement information for NSW.
New Products
- New NSW 1:1 500 000 & 1:3 000 000 surface geology maps
- New NSW 1:1 500 000 & 1:3 000 000 mineral resource project maps
- Quarterly Notes 132 - Mineral systems of the Murray Basin, New South Wales
- Oaklands Basin - Jerilderie Gravity survey data
- Quarterly Notes 131 - The newly defined Glen Bell Formation, and a reappraisal of the Wisemans Arm Formation, Halls Creek district, northern NSW
- Quarterly Notes 130 - The Siluro-Devonian geological time scale: a critical review and interim revision
- Quarterly Notes 129 - Deep structure beneath the Murray Basin from teleseismic tomography
- Coastal Quaternary Geology Map Series
- Bulletin 34 - Coastal Quaternary geology - north and south coast of New South Wales
- Cobar region: Explorers' Guide
- Mineral Systems in New South Wales - Poster (see details in QN128)
- Quarterly Notes 128 - Mineral Systems and Processes in New South Wales: a project to enhance understanding and assist exploration
- First edition Cargelligo, Hillston, Merriwagga, Tullibigeal, Rankins Springs and Ungarie 1:100 000 geology maps
Recent News Releases
Geological Survey News
Director of the Geological Survey of NSW retires after 41 years service
Broken Hill Exploration Initiative conference 2009
Government Geoscience Information Committee meetings 2008-2009
Meteorites – time capsules from the birth of our Solar System
Science under the scope in Newcastle
Maitland celebrates its connections to Sir Edgeworth David
NSW Mineral Exploration and Investment Conference 2009
Exploration in the House 2009 selected talks
NSW DPI represented in Japan (JOGMEC 2009) and Canada (PDAC 2009)
Archived Geological Survey News