b'Geophysics in the surveysNewstectonic evolution and the mineralResults from all key NSW GovernmentAs these surveys are completed and and energy resources of NSW. Somegeoscientific data acquisition andinterpreted, this data is released via the of the current data acquisition andsynthesis projects are made publiclyMinView platform for public use.interpretation programmes products andavailable via MinView (Figure 2). Readers services are detailed below, as well asare encouraged to try MinView byCobar MinEx CRC airborne an overview on the NSW Governmentsfollowing the link below. Start by loading geological database/ digital platform forone of the pre-set views from the Addelectromagnetic surveygeoscientific data, Minview. View button on the left. To learn aboutIn 2019 GSNSW and Geoscience the full range of MinView capability, clickAustralia (GA) conducted an airborne on the help icon on the top right. electromagnetic (AEM) survey in central What is MinView? https://minview.geoscience. NSW around the CobarLake Cargelligo As the gateway to NSW geoscience datansw.gov.au/#/?lon=148.5&lat=- region. The survey covered two MinEx and products, MinView is a simple-to-use,32.50000&z=7&l= CRC focus areas in the state. Four areas of versatile online GIS tool for integratinginfill were funded by private companies data and creating finished maps. Some(see above figure) with the entirety of key features include: MinEx CRC the data being publicly available for The MinEx Cooperative Research Centredownload and viewing through MinView.The availability of over 500 data and(MinEx CRC) is the worlds largest mineralNew Resolutions Geophysics (NRG) map layers exploration collaboration and bringshelicopter-borne Xcite time-domain Up-to-date layers of mining andtogether industry, government, researchelectromagnetic system acquired 7000-exploration titles with versatileorganisations and universities to furtherline km of AEM data. The helicopter searching functions our understanding of geology, mineralflew along eastwest lines typically GSNSW Seamless Geologydeposits and groundwater resources in55 km long and between 2.5 km and (Colquhoun etal. 2021) maps thatareas under cover. The collaboration has5 km apart, at a height of 60 m, with the combine surface geology and 11identified three specific programmes Xcite system suspended 30 m below geological time slices Drilling Technologies, Data from Drilling(example of the lines shown in Figure4). A 3D display capability for viewingand the National Drilling Initiative (NDI). Lines were diverted to go over water surface elevation, depth to prospectivebores, drillholes and seismic lines to aid basement layers (Spampinato 2019),The NSW Government is a majorinterpretation of the data.as well as conductivity-depth sectionsparticipant in the NDI programme and has from the Cobar AEM survey committed $16 million to the programmeGSNSW and GA have interpreted the The ability to add your own local dataover ten years. Work commenced in 2018data over the focus areas. A 3D model from shape files or KMZ files in NSW and focuses on five areas thatand a report will be released later in 2021 A drawing function to add lineworkare known extensions of mineralisedfocusing on the depth of weathering, and annotation to maps and images terrain under cover. Eight geophysicalpotential mineral conductors, possible The functionality to save views, sharesurveys are planned (see Figure 3), withgroundwater anomalies, faults and views and print maps to pdf files. two completed and another underway.geological units. For further information on Figure 2.Screenshot of MinView showing a 3D view of the thickness of post-Carboniferous cover (thick = blue, thin = red, absent = white) overlain by mineral exploration titles and title applications, major roads and towns.AUGUST 2021 PREVIEW 18'