Gundagai Area

[Jack's Gems]

Can anyone confirm topaz and garnet are to be found at Gundagai? If so where? In the Murrumbidgee river, creek nearby? I need to find a place near the Riverina to take some people out to. Thanks

 

[Jack's Gems]

Or Quartz crystals. I have been there once before and know where to find opalite aka common opal there, rhyolite and jasper.

 

[Heatho]

Seems there is a Topaz occurance near Gundagai, looks to be on private property though to me. Green triangle is the deposit.

208898 - Jackalass Lead
(Gundagai Topaz Occurrence)
Coords: -35.091821,148.135609
Mga_coordsys: MGA_55S
Mga_north: 6116184
Mga_east: 603513
Loc_method: 250K
Accuracy: 250
Major_comm: topaz - gem
Size_code: OCC
Comm_type: GEM
Met_prefix: WAGGA WAGGA
Geo_province: Lachlan Orogen
Metal_dist: not assigned
Op_state: not operating
Op_status: ceased
Op_method: alluvial workings
Lga: Gundagai
Compiler: JR Reynolds 22/06/1999
Last_update: 1999-06-22
Occur_size: Occurrence only
Notes: Alluvial gravel containing gold and rare large, pale blue-green, good gem quality topaz.
Commodities
topaz - gem MAJOR
Current Resource Estimates
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Production
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Minerals
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Mineralisation Style
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Host Rock
(alluvium) Alluvium

 

[Jack's Gems]

Wow, very interesting! I'm going to do some more research and see what I find. Thanks so much!

How did you find this locality with the info?

 

[Jack's Gems]

A quick check on google maps + earth shows that there is a creek actually there which means this must of been the spot they were talking about!

There are multiple roads that cut the creek and I'm sure I can easily access it! Might be a bit chilly though lol. I can bring the sluice as well as look for topaz and garnets.
I need to see if the roads are on private property

 

[Dron]

Try http://dwh.minerals.nsw.gov.au/CI/warehouse

 

[Jack's Gems]

Thanks Dron. I remember seeing this image and found it very interesting. So when I go to Gundagai, I can find jasper, agate, topaz, garnets, gold, diamonds and possibly tourmaline. Though I bet I'll end up finding some flour gold and that's about it. I'll post whatever I find if I end up going there! :Y:

 

[Heatho]

The link that Dron put up is the google earth overlay that I used. It's about the best multi info overlay I've come across.

There are very small diamond occurences nearby but it's not really a well known diamond occurence where your likely to actually find stones, some of these have only had 1 stone found there and they could have been only 1mm in size.

Tumbarumba is a pretty good spot to find sapphires on Macphersons Swamp Creek but over the last few years it has been off limits due a land lease holder not allowing people there due to damage from fossicking. You could always ask for permission or try to enter somewhere through the state forest, blackberries are a real problem there too.

It looks like they are ritiring this NSW data warehouse too soon, so the new website is this one.

https://minview.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/#/?bm=bm1&z=6&lat=148.9143431&lon=-32.6560775