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Mining for quartz crystals at Kingsgate

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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In company with Mr E.B. Dow a visit was paid to Kingsgate on Monday, November 9th, 1942, and a brief examination made of the pipes which were being mined for quartz crystals. These comprise: The Giant Blow, Pipers Hole, The Arsenic Blow, The Muck Pipe, and Goodwin's Pipe.

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Title Mining for quartz crystals at Kingsgate
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4ae03f28-fa9f-49cf-b389-01e65577a135
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Mining for quartz crystals at Kingsgate". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mining-for-quartz-crystals-at-kingsgate