Located approximately 9kms NNE of Emmaville and approximately 8kms South-West of Torrington.
Operated as underground workings, shafts, adits and shallow pits.
Originally mined for tin, Emeralds were observed in the dumps around 1890 and subsequently, the area was re-mined. The deposit is related to the intrusion of pegmatites and aplites into mudstones and siltstones. The emeralds occur in pegmatite dikes; the crystals are embedded in granitic cavities that have weathered to kaolinite.
References
(1)Groat, L.A., Giuliani, G., Marshall, D.D., and Turner, D. (2008): Emerald deposits and occurrences: A review. Ore Geology Reviews 34, 87-112.
(2)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.
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