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O’Briens Creek Fossicking Area, Mt Surprise, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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Mount Surprise is a small township about 200 km SW of Cairns between Mount Garnet and Georgetown on the Gulf Developmental Road.

The locality is an old tin mining area, several kilometres in extent, now set aside for collectors. The tin miners ignored the Topaz and the dredge piles still produce gem stones, though digging and sieving your own patch can prove more rewarding.

Refs.:
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/designated_lands.html





Mineral List:
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Citrine
    Reference: [http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Rock Crystal
    Reference: [http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Smoky Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf]
  		•  Topaz
    Al
     
    2
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/pdf/obriens_creek.pdf]
    Site Photo
    O’Briens Creek Fossicking Area, Mt Surprise, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
    © viccloete


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