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NTRS 3705 Mining tenure history files

Recording Agency:Department of Mines and Energy (586); Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development (560)
Date Range:1940 - 2008
Access:Agreement Pending
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:

How to Use the Records

This series was top numbered by the agency in 2008 and barcode numbers were assigned. The original file number and lease number are recorded in the item title field of the consignment list (Descirption 2).

Function / Content

This series consists of lease files relating to mining tenure. The files deal with a range of mining tenure including mineral leases (ML), gold mining leases (GML), residential leases (RL), mineral leases central (MLC), business areas (BA), residence areas (RA), prospecting areas (PA), machinery areas (MA), garden areas (GA), quarry areas (QA), authorised holdings (HLDC), mineral claims (MC), subterranean water rights (SWR) and pipe transfer water rights (PTWR). The files contain applications for leases which record the location and mineral field of the lease, type of mining for mineral leases (eg Wolfram), type of lease, deposit paid, company and person's name, warden's details and miners' right details. Further correspondence on the files deals with lease transfers, cancellations, surrenders, resumptions, exemptions and related Warden's Court hearings.

Recordkeeping System

Alphanumeric

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1978 - 2001Department of Mines and Energy586
2001 - 2005Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development560

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1978 - 2001Department of Mines and Energy586
2001 - 2005Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development560
2016 - 2020Department of Primary Industry and Resources1290

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P0001501940 - 2001Agreement Pending
P0002501958 - 2006Agreement Pending
P0003501971 - 2004Agreement Pending
P0004501970 - 2003Agreement Pending
P0005501941 - 2003Agreement Pending
P0006501971 - 2004Agreement Pending
P0007121968 - 1987Agreement Pending
P0008501940 - 2005Agreement Pending
P0009501970 - 2003Agreement Pending
P0010501973 - 2008Agreement Pending
P0011441940 - 2007Agreement Pending