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Thumb Creek, Nambucca Shire, State of New South Wales, Australia

Alternative Names:	Thumb Creek
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia
Region:	Nambucca Shire, State of New South Wales, Australia
Latitude:	30° 40' 58" S
Longitude:	152° 36' 55" E
Lat/Long (dec):	-30.68302,152.61541
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Mindat Feature ID:	8628225
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:8628225:5
GUID:	092503e5-878b-4a84-b99d-dc4b3fb5baf6

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Spicers prospect, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 41" S	152° 36' 30" E	2.5km (1.6 miles)
Purgatory Mine (Purgatory Creek Mine; Brazenall Mine; Lempriere & Company; Matthews Mine), Purgatory Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 31" S	152° 37' 40" E	3.0km (1.8 miles)
Spicers Mine (Maddricks Mine), Purgatory Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 22" S	152° 37' 9" E	3.0km (1.9 miles)
Swallows Nest Mine (Sharmans Mine), Burrapine, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 42' 11" S	152° 38' 16" E	3.1km (1.9 miles)
Dunghill prospect, Purgatory Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 43" S	152° 38' 16" E	3.2km (2.0 miles)
Manusus prospect (Manusus mine), Purgatory Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 15" S	152° 37' 20" E	3.3km (2.0 miles)
Little Purgatory, Purgatory Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 14" S	152° 37' 13" E	3.3km (2.0 miles)
Grahams Hope (New Grahams Hope), Burrapine, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 41' 42" S	152° 39' 7" E	3.8km (2.3 miles)
Sullivans Hope, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 1" S	152° 37' 37" E	3.8km (2.3 miles)
Kirkmans Reef, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 17" S	152° 35' 12" E	4.2km (2.6 miles)
Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 30" S	152° 34' 51" E	4.3km (2.6 miles)
Burrapine, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 42' 59" S	152° 38' 21" E	4.4km (2.7 miles)
Flemmings prospect, Burrapine, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 41' 34" S	152° 39' 55" E	4.9km (3.0 miles)
Underlay Mine, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 38' 20" S	152° 37' 23" E	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Bradleys Mine, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 38' 18" S	152° 37' 12" E	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Sheet of Bark Mine (Nalders Reef), Burrapine, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 41' 43" S	152° 39' 55" E	5.0km (3.1 miles)
O'Sullivans prospect, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 38' 19" S	152° 37' 30" E	5.0km (3.1 miles)
McHughs Adit, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 38' 17" S	152° 37' 17" E	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Flemmings Mine (Underlay prospect), Burrapine, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 41' 21" S	152° 40' 4" E	5.1km (3.2 miles)
Real McKay Mine, Burrapine, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 42' 37" S	152° 39' 36" E	5.2km (3.3 miles)
Kia-Ora Mine, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 38' 47" S	152° 34' 35" E	5.5km (3.4 miles)
Pringles prospect, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 37' 48" S	152° 38' 21" E	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Thumb Creek leases, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 39' 10" S	152° 33' 34" E	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Surprise Mine, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 37' 36" S	152° 37' 23" E	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Hanging Rock Reef, Bowraville, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 38' 20" S	152° 40' 28" E	7.5km (4.6 miles)
Bowraville Swallows Nest (Malonys prospect), Bowraville, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 37' 50" S	152° 40' 28" E	8.1km (5.0 miles)
Grahams Mistake (Lady Alice), Bowraville, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 41' 26" S	152° 42' 5" E	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Dog & Duck Reef, Bowraville, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 41' 52" S	152° 42' 11" E	8.6km (5.3 miles)
Summervilles prospect, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 37' 31" S	152° 32' 48" E	9.2km (5.7 miles)
Testers Mine, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia	30° 37' 44" S	152° 32' 32" E	9.2km (5.7 miles)

View of lower entrance to mine

Kia-Ora Mine, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Inside mine entrance

Kia-Ora Mine, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stibnite

Purgatory Mine, Purgatory Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stibnite, etc.

Underlay Mine, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

View of lower entrance to mine

Kia-Ora Mine, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Inside mine entrance

Kia-Ora Mine, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stibnite

Purgatory Mine, Purgatory Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stibnite, etc.

Underlay Mine, Argents Hill, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

View of lower entrance to mine

Kia-Ora Mine, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Inside mine entrance

Kia-Ora Mine, Thumb Creek, Taylors Arm District, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Minerals recorded nearby (within 9.2 km)

ⓘ 'Pumpellyite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 9.2 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Australia	Country
Great Dividing Range, Australia	Mountain Range
New England Orogen, Australia	Orogen
Nambucca Province, New England Orogen, Australia	Geologic Province
New South Wales, Australia	State
Raleigh 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, Nambucca	15.5.235.0.0.0

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