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Herberton 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

Great Northern tin field of the 1880s, granite country dotted with hundreds of old mines

Major documented field in Queensland mining history and mineral collecting literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts, adits

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