Maddingley Mine
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Maddingley Mine is a mine near Bacchus Marsh Railway Station, Victoria, Australia, that contains a concentration of a particular brown coal (lignite) formation called Leonardite. A relatively high altitude formation, Maddingley brown coal is distinguished as having 60% moisture content and a rich fulvic acid and humic acid content. A declared strategic State mining reserve, the estimated 400 million tonne deposit at Maddingley is the largest of three known deposits of high value Leonardite in the world, the others occurring in Mexico and Germany.
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Location: -37.7053, 144.439, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
2 places
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Maddingley Mine ⓘ
mine in Australia -
Lerderderg River diversion tunnel ⓘ
a river tunnel
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | mine | Maddingley Mine | open-pit lignite mine | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Lerderderg River diversion tunnel | tunnel | Wikidata | |