Mooka Station: Fossicking in Western Australia
Mooka Station is a mapped fossicking spot in Western Australia, Australia. Reported finds include mookaite, jasper. Below: coordinates, licence notes, and nearby spots.
Map showing Mooka Station in Western Australia
About Mooka Station
Mookaite, a richly coloured silica rock in reds, yellows, tans and purples, comes from a single place: Mooka Creek on Mooka Station, a private pastoral station on the western side of the Kennedy Range, roughly 160 km inland from Carnarvon. It forms in the Windalia Radiolarite, where the opaline silica skeletons of microscopic radiolaria were cemented into chert and chalcedony, and it is dug as nodules of varying size from decomposed radiolarian clay. Claim holders quarry the deposit commercially with heavy machinery. The station is private property, and collecting requires permission from the station owners; there is no open public access.
Quick details
- Access
- Check locally
- State / territory
- Western Australia
- Nearest road
- Mooka Road
- Postcode
- 6705
- Coordinates
- -24.96601, 114.80748
Land & fossicking status
Confirm rules before fossicking
Land status here is not confirmed. Fossicking rules are set by state or territory, and national parks are usually off-limits. Verify licences, land access, and local rules before you collect.
Carry a Miner's Right, check land and tenement status before digging, get written consent where required, and avoid protected areas unless clearly allowed.
Found at Mooka Station
Nearby fossicking spots
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