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Notes on felspar at Broken Hill

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Within three miles of Broken Hill railway station are numerous pegmatite dykes carrying a high proportion of massive felspar. A few of these dykes are worked sporadically by gougers. On June 8th and 9th several of the dykes which were being, or had been worked were examined in company with Mr. B. Hadley, Inspector of Mines. A description of the individual deposits and a discussion of production capabilities are presented in this report.

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Title Notes on felspar at Broken Hill
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2a5e98e4-b337-4600-8853-370c967326fe
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Notes on felspar at Broken Hill". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/notes-on-felspar-at-broken-hill