Scrub Lead Fossicking Area: Fossicking in Queensland
- Minerals reported
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Scrub Lead Fossicking Area is a mapped fossicking spot in Queensland, Australia. Reported finds include sapphire, zircon. Below: coordinates, licence notes, and nearby spots.
About Scrub Lead Fossicking Area
Scrub Lead is one of the designated fossicking lands of the Central Queensland gemfields, lying between the townships of Rubyvale and Sapphire off the sealed road from Anakie. Miners sank shafts along the lead in the early 1900s, and it has a reputation for yielding some of the best stones of the fields, especially blues. The sapphire-bearing wash is deep here, generally 3 to 12 m or more below the surface, deeper than the shallow ground near Sapphire township. A Queensland fossicking licence is required, and camping on designated fossicking land is limited to three months.
Plan your visit
Permission required before fossicking
- State / territory
- Queensland
- Nearest road
- Rubyvale Road
- Postcode
- 4702
- Coordinates
- -23.43231, 147.71528
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground and access before you head out.
Land & fossicking status
Permission required before fossicking
Requires landholder, operator, or agency permission before any fossicking. Do not enter without explicit authorization.
Buy the correct fossicking licence, stay inside designated or permitted areas, follow hand-tool limits, and check any site-specific conditions.
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Nearby fossicking spots
Other fossicking spots in Queensland within driving distance of Scrub Lead Fossicking Area.
- Sapphire Central Fossicking AreaQueensland · 4 km awaySapphire, Zircon, Topaz
- Rubyvale Fossicking AreaQueensland · 5 km awaySapphire, Zircon
- AnakieQueensland · 14 km awaySapphire, Zircon, Ruby
- Tomahawk CreekQueensland · 28 km awaySapphire, Zircon
- The Willows GemfieldsQueensland · 39 km awaySapphire, Zircon
- Mount Hay Thunderegg FieldQueensland · 255 km awayThunderegg, Agate, Chalcedony
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