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Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

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.




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Betpakdalite
  • Bindheimite
  • Bismite
  • Bismoclite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bismutite
  • Bismutoferrite
  • Bismutostibiconite
  • Cannonite
  • Cassiterite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Cosalite
  • Covellite
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • Ferberite
  • Ferrimolybdite
  • Galena
  • Galenobismutite
  • Gold
  • Gudmundite
  • Ikunolite
  • Joséite
  • Joséite-B
  • Koechlinite
  • Limonite
  • Maldonite
  • Marcasite
  • Molybdenite
  • Molybdite
  • Powellite
  • Preisingerite
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Scorodite
  • Sphalerite
  • Tetradymite
  • Wolframite
  • Wulfenite


    46 entries listed. 38 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Gough Co.
        • Kingsgate
    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Gough Co.
        • Kingsgate

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