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this case there is no defined lode, but certain limited portions of the rock 
have become mineralized, and the silicious material is impregnated with 
galena and iron pyrites. 
The Top Flats Reef. 
Three miles N. 40 deg. W. from the hut on Limestone Creek is a 
quartz reef, on which the Messrs. Pendergast have done considerable work. 
Three shafts have been sunk, the deepest about 30 feet. The reef varies 
from a few inches to 1 ft. 6 in. in thickness, and carries a little gold 
throughout, but so far it has not proved payable. A rich specimen of 
quartz, 2 lbs. in weight, was discovered here, and this led to the present 
work, but so far it has been unsuccessful. The country-rocks are Silurian 
slates and sandstones of a favorable aspect for gold. 
(?) Heathcotian. 
W. 30 deg. N. 2J miles from the hut on Limestone Creek is an out¬ 
crop of highly silicious schists, permeated by numerous minute quartz veins. 
The strike of the schists is N. 30 deg. E. These beds bear a strong re¬ 
semblance to the Heathcotian series'. 
About half-a-mile to the east of the gap between Limestone Creek and 
Mount Leinster Station is a small outcrop of serpentine. It is situated 
near a small creek that crosses the road. 
Jaspers. 
About 4 miles N. 20 deg. W. from the hut on Limestone Creek near 
the head of Horse Yard Creek, and at an elevation of 3,200 feet above sea- 
level, is a band of red jasper rock, interbedded with green schists. These 
and grey schists form the mass of the rocks. About a mile west from the 
jasper, an outcrop of steatite occurs in a small creek, about 15 chains above 
its junction with Middle Creek, into which it runs from the south. The 
outcrop is less than J chain across, and is not traceable for any distance. 
[Report sent in 23rd March, igo6 .] 
MARBLE DEPOSITS AT LIMESTONE CREEK, COUNTY 
OF BENAMBRA. 
(no. 21 on locality map.) 
By E. J. Dunn , F.G.S., Director , Geological Survey. 
Limestone Creek flows into the Indi River a few miles to the north of 
Forest Hill on the boundary between Victoria and New South Wales. 
The marble deposits are exposed along the course of Limestone Creek 
for some miles, and are partly on the northern and partly on the southern 
banks of the creek. 
Benambra is the nearest township to the marble outcrops. It is about 
2,100 feet above sea-level. From Benambra to Mr. Pendergast’s Mt. 
Leinster Station is a distance of 12 miles in a direction E. 35 deg. N. 
The height above sea-level is about 2,400 feet. From Mt. Leinster Station 
to the out-station hut on Limestone Creek is about 14 miles in an easterly 
direction. The height of the hut above sea-level is 3,200 feet. The 
marble outcrops extend dow T n the creek from 4 or 5 miles higher up than 
this hut. The height of the Gap between Mt. Leinster Station and the hut 
is about 4,000 feet above sea-level, and the road between the two points 
would have to cross this Gap. 
