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    Quartz reef mining is a type of gold mining in "reefs" (veins) of quartz. Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust, and most quartz...
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    portal Earth sciences portal Fused quartz List of minerals Quartz fiber Quartz reef mining Quartzolite Shocked quartz Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved...
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    prospecting Ore genesis Peak gold Quartz reef mining Recreational gold mining List of gold nuggets by size Gold mining by country: Witwatersrand around...
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    1897. Gold in California Gold mining in Alaska British Columbia gold rushes Gold prospecting Quartz reef mining "Placer mining (US)". American English Dictionary...
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  • Tamar Hematite Iron Company (category Iron mining in Australia)
    Swifte—died in early-1876. A quartz-reef rich in gold was discovered on land adjacent to the company's lease in mid-1877 and gold mining interests became interested...
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  • south arm of Kanichee Lake. Hermiston-McCauley was the subject of quartz reef mining. From 1936 to 1938, a 115.1 m (378 ft) three compartment mine shaft...
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    Vein (geology) (redirect from Reef (mining))
    which are used. Historically, hand-mining of gold ores permitted the miners to pick out the lode quartz or reef quartz, allowing the highest-grade portions...
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    In-situ leach Landfill mining Mine reclamation Omega Hydraulic Diggings Quartz reef mining Steam shovel, used from the 19th century to the 1930s Power shovel...
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  • the project did not proceed. Hoist (mining) Mineral processing Shaft mining Quartz reef mining Underground mining "WELLINGTON". Bathurst Free Press (NSW :...
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    Merensky melanorite and is a fine-grained chalcopyrite, quartz and feldspar rich matrix. The Merensky Reef has a high concentration of chromitites. However,...
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    Sofala, New South Wales (category Mining towns in New South Wales)
    Turon River. When the alluvial gold ran out, activity switched to quartz reef mining. The town was a centre of opposition to the gold licensing system...
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    Confidence Reef is a historical gold-bearing quartz vein situated within the Kloofendal Nature Reserve, in close proximity to Roodepoort, South Africa...
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    Barmedman (category Mining towns in New South Wales)
    Seams (or reefs) of gold-bearing quartz had been found within the formation which consisted of layers of slate and sandstone. Quartz reef mining was carried...
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    Majors Creek, New South Wales (category Mining towns in New South Wales)
    From 1869 to 1874, the focus of mining turned to quartz reef mining. Majors Creek was not well suited to gold dredge mining, which occurred at other nearby...
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    forestry, water supply, and in the areas outside the granite sands - Quartz reef mining and related industries. The region is zoned (2010 map) for timber...
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    Cité de l'Or (category Mining museums in Canada)
    Quebec Culture of Quebec Gold extraction Gold prospecting Placer mining Quartz reef mining Site historique du Village-Minier-de-Bourlamaque. Canadian Register...
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  • Bendigo Goldfields (category Gold mining in New Zealand)
    of alluvial mining at Bendigo was short-lived, from 1862 to 1866. Prospectors were driven to the source of the gold bound in quartz reefs in the nearby...
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    Harry Struben (category South African mining businesspeople)
    brother of Frederick Struben; together they managed the first gold-mining operation on the Reef. They were the sons of Johan Marinus Struben (1806 Oosterwijk...
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  • Dalmorton (category Mining towns in New South Wales)
    Dalmorton in 1871. The gold was found in quartz reefs and reef mining dominated the field. Initially, several gold reefs were worked, providing work for 600...
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    invested in such mining ventures. He was for example on the board of directors of several companies which carried out quartz reef mining at Macetown in...
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  • Belleville, California (category Mining communities in California)
    Quartz reef mining. Belleville was eventually abandoned. The gold rush in Holcomb Valley lasted about 10 years, from 1860 to 1870. Hard rock mining continued...
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    arrived in the colony in 1855 and achieved some success in quartz reef mining at Eureka Reef. He then turned to quarrying at Mount Alexander, at first...
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    fluorite, quartz, and adularia. Uranium minerals were noted by 1881 in the silver mines at the Silver Reef/Harrisburg district, at Silver Reef, Washington...
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    Daylesford, Victoria (category Mining towns in Victoria (state))
    early 1860s. The alluvial gold was exhausted by then and a shift to quartz reef mining began. This continued on and off into the 1930s, though by the 1920s...
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    coastal settings is silica (silicon dioxide, or SiO2), usually in the form of quartz. Calcium carbonate is the second most common type of sand. One such example...
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    Henry Lewis finding quartz and gold vein on a farm, that led to the Witwatersrand Gold Rush in 1886. These discoveries led to many mining operations and after...
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    large, well defined, north/northwest bearing Golden Gate reef contained gold- bearing quartz with abundant sulphides and was mined over a total length...
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    Tambaroora (category Mining towns in New South Wales)
    servicing the surrounding goldfield. The focus of gold mining moved south to the rich quartz reef mines of Hawkin's Hill at Hill End, beginning the decline...
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    small-scale mining (ASM) is a blanket term for a type of subsistence mining involving a miner who may or may not be officially employed by a mining company...
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    discovered gold in quartz veins in the Lyell Creek area. The mine in this quartz reef was worked from 1872 until 1912. Gold in quartz reefs was successfully...
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