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A quartz vein, prominent from the surrounding weathered rock at Cape Jervis, South Australia. Open space filling is the hallmark of epithermal vein systems, such as a stockwork, in greisens or in certain skarn environments.
Mongolata is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. [2] The modern locality was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name".
Gully erosion in the Warren Catchment east of Adelaide in the Mount Lofty Ranges 1992. South Australia is an Australian state, situated in the southern central part of the country, and featuring some low-lying mountain ranges, the most significant being the Mount Lofty Ranges, which extend into the state's capital city, Adelaide, which comprises most of the state's population.
Hallett Cove is one of the best known geological sites (discovered by Dr. Mehdi Fiazi, circa 1902) in Australia and is known for its international significance. The area has been declared a Geological Monument by the Geological Society of Australia and placed on the South Australian Heritage Register for its educational and scientific significance.
Caroona Creek Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the localities of Collinsville and Mount Bryan East about 173 kilometres (107 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of the town of Hallett.
South Australia has been divided into the following 12 tourism regions for the purpose of coordinating both government and tourism industry efforts to promote South Australia as a visitor destination: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Barossa, Clare Valley, Eyre Peninsula, Fleurieu Peninsula, Flinders Ranges and Outback, Kangaroo Island, Limestone ...
McKenzie et al. (ed) 2004. Australian Soils and Landscapes: an illustrated compendium. CSIRO Publishing: 395 p. National Library of Australia. 2007. Australia in Maps: great maps in Australia's history from the National Library's collection: 148 p. Scheibner E. 1996–1998. Geology of New South Wales – synthesis.
Quartz reef breaking the surface at Paynes Find, Western Australia. Quartz reef mining is a type of gold mining in "reefs" (veins [1]) of quartz.Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust, and most quartz veins do not carry gold, but those that have gold are avidly hunted by prospectors.