Sandfly Gully Historic Area - Sandfly Reef Mine and Alluvial Workings and Shamrock Reef Mine and Cyanide Works

The site is representative of relatively undisturbed late 19th century quartz workings (criterion D).

(Shamrock Reef Mine and Cyanide Works)

The site is now associated with the small-scale re-treatment of tailings by the cyanide process and represents the last phase of mining on the Shamrock Reef which first began in 1865 (criterion A). The site is representative of the smaller cyaniding sites in the study area (criterion D) and has the potential for education and interpretation about this phase of mining in the area as part of the Loeser Picnic Area (criterion C).

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Cyanide vat