Starting a new shaft. Small underground tunnels. Looking up the shaft.

Information for Student Projects

The sapphire-wash layer Blue sapphire in the rough.
Due to the increasing number of requests for information for school projects, we have put together these links to relevant government sites that could be useful for finding more in-depth information about the sapphire mining industry. For general information and maps, also look at our Fossicking page.

http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/sapphire.html
- The Department of Natural Resources and Mines, sapphire mining.

http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/fossicking/fossicking.html
- The Department of Natural Resources and Mines, fossicking.

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/ecoaccess/mining/
- The Environmental Protection Agency, mining.

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications/p00449aa.pdf/Code_of_environmental_compliance_for_mining_claims_and_prospecting_permits.pdf
- The Environmental Protection Agency, Code of Environmental Compliance for Mining Claims.

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