An old mining district with pipe-like quartz veins carrying Bi, Mo and As minerals. 14 miles ESE of Glen Innes.
(NOTE: New England is not a locality descriptor.)
It should be noted that there are a number of mines often referred to as Kingsgate. There is no Kingsgate Mine as such, rather a series of mines often referred to simply as Kingsgate. A number of mines in the area were operated by Kingsgate Mining Company NL.
The mines concentrate on the 70 odd pipes in the area.
Refs.:
England, B. M. (1985): Famous mineral localities: the Kingsgate mines, New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Record, 16, 265-289.
Sharpe, J. L. & Williams, P. A. (2004): Secondary bismuth and molybdenum minerals from Kingsgate, New England district of New South Wales. Austral. J. Mineral. 10, 7-12.
