South Australian mining records: SARIG and the long report series
A route through projects, tenements, drillholes, geochemistry, historical company reports, mining reviews and local family sources.
SARIG is free without login and combines project, tenement, geology, drillhole, geochemistry, report and infrastructure discovery. Its product catalogue includes long-running publication series such as Mining Reviews and Mines and Energy Reviews from 1902–1992.
Use each system for the question it can answer.
A map, title summary, report, archive file and family recollection are different evidence classes. The sequence below preserves those differences so a lead does not become an unsupported fact.
- 01Map, report and data gateway
South Australian Resources Information Gateway ↗
What it holds. Mining and petroleum projects, tenements, geology, geophysics, drillholes, geochemistry, reports, infrastructure and other government layers.
Boundary. Some layers are context from other agencies. Native title, property and access layers require the responsible authority and appropriate advice.
- 02Historical publication catalogue
SARIG product and publication catalogue ↗
What it holds. Report books, maps, mining reviews, geological notes, field guides and other long-running government series.
Boundary. Historical publications reflect the knowledge, language and reporting standards of their period.
- 03Open project dataset
South Australian major mines and quarries dataset ↗
What it holds. Major operating and developing mine and quarry records used as a public project layer.
Boundary. Major-project coverage is selective and is not a complete workings, title or transaction register.
From family note or map point to a cited record.
- 01Write the known facts. Exact source wording, name variants, place, date range, commodity or material, company and identifier.
- 02Locate, do not conclude. Use the spatial viewer to find the right district, layer and record ID. Save the layer name and access date.
- 03Open the underlying document. Follow title, report, plan or archive references. Record its creator, date, purpose and access conditions.
- 04Test aliases and chronology. Compare former company, mine, lease, field and locality names; do not merge nearby records by proximity alone.
- 05Separate present from past. Historical geology, production, ownership and sale events do not establish current status, value or rights.
- 06Add family context carefully. Label direct experience, family recollection and interpretation; document permission and the item’s provenance.
Geology is not a product sheet.
South Australian datasets can identify major mines and quarries, occurrences and geological context, but a major-project layer is not a complete inventory of small workings or proof of a sale opportunity.
Use the South Australia register for our published mine and quarry records, then return to the issuing authority for current decisions.
The public system can show the file. Families often explain the place.
A lease number, field name, copper-town address, opal claim reference, photograph caption or departmental report number can bridge family material to SARIG.
Using these records for an old sale or a possible listing
Public title, project and company records can help identify an asset and its history. They do not prove that an asset was legally transferred, is currently for sale, has a valid mandate or can be valued from public data. Historical sale pages require an express completion disclosure or remain labelled as publisher-reported. Current owners can register an asset confidentially, but Mines & Quarries does not market, negotiate or transact while the licensed brokerage gate remains closed.