Staffordshire Reef, Golden Plains shire, Victoria, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Staffordshire Reef | Locality (Australia) |
| Golden Plains shire | Shire |
| Victoria | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Locality named after the main reef, mining commenced in the late 1850's, more than 10 tons of gold was recovered from the early shallow workings.
In the early gold rush era Staffordshire Reef was considered part of the Italian Gully goldfields.
The existing very small town is South of Ballarat and just north of Berringa.
The reef extends over an area of approximately 2kms and numerous gold mines are located here.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
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