Geological Survey of South Australia

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The Geological Survey of South Australia (abbreviated: GSSA), later also Geological Survey Branch , is a geoscientific authority on the territory of the Australian state of South Australia . She is subordinate to the department Mineral Resources Division (German about: department mineral raw materials) in the Department of State Development (German about: Ministry for State Development ) of South Australia.

development

The first geological field work in South Australia was done by the German mineralogist Johannes amount (1788-1852) as a mining and quarrying agent on behalf of the South Australian Company . After his arrival in January 1837 he explored the potential of coal deposits, water extraction, mineral deposits and quarrying activities in this colony. Further early geological explorations were carried out by the former gold commissioner Benjamin Herschel Babbage (1815–1878) and the government geologist of the Victoria Colony , Alfred Selwyn (1824–1902). However, their work remained unfinished for over three decades. On December 1, 1882, the Geological Survey of South Australia was founded under the direction of the government geologist Henry Yorke Lyell Brown (1843-1928) . The first tasks included the administrative and scientific support of the mining companies in the use of the silver , lead and zinc deposits found here and securing the water requirements in the inhabited areas.

In 1912, the Geological Survey of South Australia and the then Department of Mines , founded on February 28, 1894, merged into one government agency called the Department of Mines . It was hoped that this would stimulate the local coal and steel industry . With effect from January 1, 1912, the geologist Keith Ward (1879-1964) was employed as a government geologist and in 1916 he took on the role of Director of Mines and Inspector of Mines . The management of the new authority was transferred to this function in 1917.

Even if the official name of the geoscientific government agency continued to change several times, the name Geological Survey of South Australia stayed in parlance for many decades. From 1977 to 1993 the authority existed under the name South Australian Department of Mines and Energy (SADME), from 1994 as Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA). With effect from October 1, 1997, the department previously known as the Geological Survey Branch was renamed the Division of Minerals and Energy Resources and merged with other departments into the state-owned Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA) based in Adelaide . There she worked under the name Mineral Resources Group (MRG) as a state regulatory, supervisory and development agency. It now reports to the Department of Regional Development of South Australia.

The first digital geological map from the work of this institution was completed in 1989. This affected an area on the printed 1: 250,000 Adelaide and Barker map sheets in the Mount Lofty Ranges area . The work on this digitization project was led by Wolfgang Preiss ( Regional Geology Branch ) and Bill Mitchell ( Drafting Branch ).

tasks

Today's Mineral Resources Group has a central role in promoting the coal and steel industry, exploring mineral resources and establishing new mining companies in South Australia.

The individual areas of responsibility are:

  • Mining law responsibilities
  • the provision of raw materials and geoscientific data
  • the development of methods of raw material exploration and their extraction
  • the design of approval procedures
  • the development of legal and political framework conditions
  • Collection of licenses and fees under mining law.

The guideline since the founding of the Geological Survey of South Australia has been that the government should facilitate the extraction of natural resources for the benefit of investors and the general public. This goal is to be achieved by exploring the geological and geophysical conditions, processing all relevant research results and publishing them through reports, monographs and maps. Furthermore, data storage is created, services in the technical area of ​​responsibility and advisory services for the government are provided. The institution sees itself as the best archive of geoscientific knowledge of South Australia .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Government of South Australia: Department of State Development: Mineral Resources Division. Our organization ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . at www.minerals.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.minerals.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au
  2. ↑ a b c History of the Geological Survey of South Australia including its successor institutions (Bernard J. O'Neil: 125 years of the Geological Survey of South Australia: 1882-2007) . in: MESA Journal 46 (9/2007), pp. 11–17 ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; PDF; 730 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pir.sa.gov.au
  3. ↑ Note on the website of the library server of the National Library of Australia (English)
  4. ^ Government of South Australia: Department of State Development: Mineral Resources Division . at www.minerals.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au (English)
  5. ^ John Parker: 20th anniversary: ​​Geological Survey of South Australia's first digital map. in: MESA Journal 54 (9/2009), p. 27 ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; PDF; 329 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pir.sa.gov.au