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Garibaldi Mine (Reform Co Mine; Garibaldi Calcite Mine; No 1 North Garibaldi; No.4 North Garibaldi), Lionsville, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia

Calcite
Garibaldi Mine, Lionsville, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia

Photo: M.Goodwin 2012

Latitude: 29°11'0"S
Longitude: 152°28'28"E

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Grafton-MacLean 1:250 000 map sheet.
Coordinates: 448905mE, 6771587mN.
Located at Lionsville in the parish of Churchill.

Mine workings comprised underground, shafts, and shallow pits.

The mine was situated near to the now deserted gold-mining towns of Solferino and Lionsville. This site is not far from the present day town of Tabulam, in North-Eastern NSW.

Calcite (Iceland Spar) was mined here. Much was shipped to Germany for use in microscopic optics.

One vug was reported to be 21 metres x 4.8 metres x 2.7 metres with Calcite (Iceland Spar) xls to 0.6 metres in size.

Mineral List

Calcite
var: Iceland Spar

Gold
Pyrite

Quartz
Silver

Stibnite
Wolframite

8 entries listed. 6 valid minerals.

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References

- http://www.mineral.org.au/news/garibaldi.html [Link Broken? Jan 2013]

Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Grafton-Maclean Metallogenic Map (SH/56-10, SH/56-11), Geological Survey of New South Wales, 2001: HF Henley, RE Brown, JW Brownlow, RG Barnes and WJ Stroud. Published by the Geological Survey of New South Wales p138

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