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Yowah Fossicking Area YOWAH FOSSICKINGAREA Paroo Shire Council The Yowah opal field which includes mapping. In some shafts, the nut band Summer is best avoided due to the high the nearby area known as Black Gate is was not encountered, but the sandstone temperatures and possible heavy rains the southern-most opal mining centre of at its contact with the mudstone was making road access impossible in some western Queensland; it is popular with found to be more ferruginous and areas. Road conditions should be tourists and fossickers as it has easy cemented by partial opalisation into a checked with the RACQ or local police. access from main roads and has shops, hard band, which also contained opal in Emergency supplies including food, fuel, telephone, caravan park, and a the form of seams and pipes. water, first aid kit and vehicle spares permanent bore water supply. A small Fossicking for the opal should be carried when travelling in local population increases significantly remote areas. The eastern part of the Fossicking Area during the winter season. has always been popular with tourists Code of Conduct The Yowah Fossicking Area has been as a place to "speck" or "noodle" To protect the area for the future and established by the Department of Mines fragments of opal or ironstone matrix minimise conflict with other visitors, and Energy with the co-operation of the from the surface or shallow depth. In please: Council of the Shire of Paroo and the this area the main nut band appears to • Make safe any excavation on leaving. landholder to provide for tourist and have been exposed at the surface, so • Please remove all rubbish and dispose recreational fossicking. that a layer of loose rubble of broken of properly. Access ironstone nut fragments covers the • To avoid erosion, keep vehicles to the Yowah is about 160km west of surface to a depth of about 600mm. established tracks. Cunnamulla. Travelling towards Spotting chips of opal or fragments of • Do not interfere with the vegetation or Thargomindah, turn off to the right matrix while digging through this wildlife. Shooting is prohibited. about 18km west of Eulo onto the material is relatively easy with a bit of • Control pets so they do not annoy Yowah / Toompine road and travel practice. others or the wildlife. 48km via Alroy homestead to the Fragments may also occur on the spoil • Minimise noise from radios, vehicles Yowah-Quilpie turnoff. Continue a heaps of shafts from the old mining etc. further 23km to Yowah; this last 23 km activities. • Avoid lighting fires in dry conditions and keep a 2m diameter cleared space is unsealed. Requirements around fireplaces. From Quilpie, drive 110km through To fosssick you need to be the holder of For further information: Toompine to the Eulo / Yowah turnoff. a Fossicker’s Licence. Individual, Turn left and follow this mainly family, club, educational institution and The Mining Registrar unsealed road for about 56km to the commercial tour operators’ licences can Quilpie Mining District Court House Yowah turnoff, and then continue the be obtained for this area or the whole of further 23km as above. Buln Buln Street the State for periods between one and PO Box 29 Opal at Yowah twelve months, with fees varying Quilpie Qld 4480 A feature of the Yowah field is the accordingly. occurrence of precious opal in siliceous Licences can be obtained from Telephone: (07) 4656 1266 ironstone nodules generally referred to Departmental offices (including that at Fax: (07) 4656 1442 as "Yowah Nuts". These nuts range Quilpie), the Paroo Shire Council, The Chief Executive Officer from about 5mm to 200mm across, have Cunnamulla or selected local Paroo Shire Council a spherical or ellipsoidal shape, and businesses. PO Box 75 show alternate concentric rings or bands Hand tools only are permitted. Cunnamulla Qld 4490 of light and dark brown siliceous Several mining claims and mining ironstone. There is sometimes a kernel Telephone: (07) 4655 1777 leases are currently within the of precious opal which is the main Fax: (07) 4655 1647 Fossicking Area (see map); these must source of the gem. yowah1.doc Apr 2001 not be entered without the permission The nuts are found in layers (150 to of the holders. The corners of each 600mm in thickness) at depths up to tenure are marked by pegs. 20m in a ferruginous sandstone, and are commonly associated with mudstone fragments or clay pellets. The main Camping layer is located near the contact Camping is prohibited in the Yowah between the sandstone and underlying Fossicking Area. mudstone / claystone, but scattered A camping / caravan park is situated in nodules, and in some cases a second the town of Yowah. band, may occur above. Precautions The lateral continuity of the nut bands is The best time to visit the opal fields is somewhat difficult to predict owing to April - September. the irregular bedding of the strata, as well as the lack of any detailed &KDUOHYLOOH 4XLOSLH 72:1 2) 7RRPSLQH B o <2:$+ re D To M r ooly a $OUR\ a i (a n 0RRO\D ppro x 10 <2:$+ &XQQDPXOOD km) 7KDUJRPLQGDK %ODFN *DWH (XOR DQ UDY &D %RUHÃ+HDG UN 3D 6KRS B o r e D r a i n To Blackgate ) (approx 22 km (QWUDQFH )266,&,1* $5($ )HQF HÃÃÃÃÃ/LQH )HQ FHÃÃÃÃÃ/LQH.
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