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Emuford tin field

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cassiterite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Alluvial and lode tin ground between Petford and Irvinebank worked from the 1880s

Documented in Atherton tableland tin field records and fossicking guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old workings

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