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Hillgrove, Armidale Dumaresq, State of New South Wales, Australia

Alternative Names:	Hillgrove
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
Region:	Armidale Dumaresq, State of New South Wales, Australia
Latitude:	30° 34' 16" S
Longitude:	151° 54' 16" E
Lat/Long (dec):	-30.57117,151.90446
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Mindat Feature ID:	2163423
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2163423:7
GUID:	3db3e3ad-d216-4144-85a9-bd6af47a2f0e

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Moore and Gardiners prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 29" S	151° 54' 14" E	0.4km (0.3 miles)
Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 3" S	151° 54' 23" E	0.4km (0.3 miles)
Witherdins prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 2" S	151° 54' 9" E	0.5km (0.3 miles)
Eleanora Mine (Hillgrove Mine), Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 28" S	151° 54' 3" E	0.5km (0.3 miles)
Golden Gate Gully Scheelite Mine (Golden Gate Gully West), Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 2" S	151° 53' 57" E	0.6km (0.4 miles)
Fishers prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 33' 56" S	151° 54' 8" E	0.6km (0.4 miles)
Currys prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 33' 57" S	151° 54' 0" E	0.7km (0.4 miles)
Garibaldi Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 37" S	151° 54' 7" E	0.7km (0.4 miles)
Golden Gate Gully Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 4" S	151° 53' 52" E	0.7km (0.4 miles)
Elizabeth Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 6" S	151° 53' 49" E	0.8km (0.5 miles)
Elizabeth South Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 10" S	151° 53' 48" E	0.8km (0.5 miles)
Bullfrog lode, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 11" S	151° 54' 44" E	0.8km (0.5 miles)
Dam prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 33' 52" S	151° 54' 23" E	0.8km (0.5 miles)
McGreggors prospects, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 40" S	151° 54' 25" E	0.8km (0.5 miles)
Kempels prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 33' 51" S	151° 54' 9" E	0.8km (0.5 miles)
McKinlays prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 36" S	151° 53' 53" E	0.9km (0.5 miles)
Golden Gate North Reef, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 31" S	151° 53' 49" E	0.9km (0.5 miles)
Silver Valley Black lode, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 43" S	151° 54' 23" E	0.9km (0.5 miles)
Golden Gate Gully prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 8" S	151° 53' 43" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Thompsons and Andrews prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 25" S	151° 53' 44" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Freaks deposit, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 33' 47" S	151° 54' 21" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Golden Gate Middle Reef, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 33" S	151° 53' 48" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Allport & Wheelers prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 37" S	151° 54' 40" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Freehold Mine (Hargraves Mine), Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 26" S	151° 54' 48" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Jakes & Templetons prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 36" S	151° 53' 49" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Smiths deposit 2, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 5" S	151° 53' 43" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Roberts prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 33' 48" S	151° 53' 59" E	1.0km (0.6 miles)
Golden Gate South Reef, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 34" S	151° 53' 45" E	1.0km (0.6 miles)
Cooks lode, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 34' 36" S	151° 54' 44" E	1.0km (0.6 miles)
Smiths prospect, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 33' 59" S	151° 53' 43" E	1.0km (0.6 miles)

View of the Bakers Creek Gold Mine, ca. 1910.

Bakers Creek Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

Metastibnite

Eleanora Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stibnite

Eleanora Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

View of the Bakers Creek Gold Mine, ca. 1910.

Bakers Creek Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

Metastibnite

Eleanora Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stibnite

Eleanora Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

View of the Bakers Creek Gold Mine, ca. 1910.

Bakers Creek Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

Metastibnite

Eleanora Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

Minerals recorded nearby (within 1.0 km)

ⓘ var: Iron-bearing Dolomite

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ var: Arsenic-bearing Pyrite

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 1.0 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Australia	Country
Great Dividing Range, Australia	Mountain Range
New England Orogen, Australia	Orogen
Woolomin Province, New England Orogen, Australia	Geologic Province
New South Wales, Australia	State
Armidale Region, New South Wales, Australia	Regional Council
Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia	County
Australian Plate	Tectonic Plate

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Australia, New South Wales, Armidale Dumaresq Bal	15.5.114.0.0.0

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