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Woodsreef Mine (Wood's Reef Mine; Woodsreef Asbestos Mine; Wood'sreef asbestos deposit), Barraba, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia

10 miles East of Barraba, a large open pit excavation of serpentine rock containing asbestos minerals.
Located in the Parish of Woods Reef.



References:
- NSW Geological Survey Report GS 1964/022; GS 1981/231 [this report mentions Neptunite found in drill cores]
- Slansky, E. & Glen, R. A. (1983): Neptunite from the Woodsreef Serpentinite, New South Wales: a new occurrence. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 30, 237-247.





Mineral List:
Chrysotile
Neptunite
'Serpentine Group'


3 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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