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Garnet ( Almandite J . — Rolled pebbles, with gold, Living- 

 stone Creek! ! !. Mount Taylor! !. In porpliyritic rock 

 as small dodecahedrons; also in heads of creeks from 

 Mount Taylor, with Menaccanite. 



Glcmconite. — Bruthen!. In cavities near (juartz walls, 

 Snowy River Bluff (H.) 



Gold. — Alluvial. Mainly in heads of creeks, tiieir beds and 

 terraces in almost eveiy creek and river in North Gipps- 

 land. In leads underlying" basalt. Dargo!!!. In reefs. 

 Most permanent near contact with granite. Places too 

 numerous to mention. None of the mines were ever 

 worked to a great depth (over 400 feet), owing to influx 

 of water, and mineralized stone. Many of the mines 

 have given continuous yields of several ounces to the 

 ton, but, with the exception of those near Omeo, Bendoc, 

 and Clarkeville, few are in working order. In many, 

 surface honey-combed quartz, stained with ferruginous 

 material, gives a return of several ounces per ton ; but 

 as tlie stone is undecomposed beneath water level, the 

 amount of gold won rapidly diminishes. 



Graphite.— Moxml Wills ! ! !. 



Hematite. — Nowa Nowa!!!. In lode, intermixed with a 

 little silica. Free from phosphorus and sulphur. Mount 

 Taylor!!, columnar. In rolled masses, Livingstone 

 Creek!. 



Red Ochre. — Omeo!!, Boggy Creek!, Wombat Creek!!, 



Hyalite. — Gelantipy ! ! !, Mitchell River Gravels !, Omeo!. 



Jamesonite. — Dargo ! , M urrendal ! ! . 



Leucopyrite. — Deptford!!, Mount Baldhead!!, Dargo!!!, 

 Omeo!!, Wombat Creek!!!. Most specimens auri- 

 ferous, some argentiferous. 



Lignite. — ^Between Bairnsdale and Mount Look-out. Of 

 Phocene or Post-Phocene age! !. Stratford!. 



Limonite. — Nicholson River!!!. In massive lode. Clifton 

 Creek ! !, Boggy Creek ! !, Bairnsdale ! !, Buchan ! !, 

 Omeo!!!. 



Magnetite. — Nowa Nowa!!. In Dargo, basalts (H.) 



Malachite.- — Buchan!!, on surface quartz. Dargo!. 



Manganite. — Mount Taylor! !. 



Murcasite. — Wombat Creek!!, Omeo!. 



Melaconite. — Wombat Creek!. In small lumps. 



Menaccanite. — In black sand of alluvial beds of Tambo and 

 Nicholson ! !. Creeks flowing from Mount Taylor ! ! !. 



