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07-01-2008, 04:19 PM
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Hey all,
Just coming back from my holiday house up at nagambie with mates we went for a drive adn stumbled across an abandon quarry, very breath taking as its a massive hole in the ground..but filled with water, this wasn't no ordinary water as it was bright light blue (looks very errie), Does anyone have any information as to why it would be this colour? I belive they used this Quarry for Granite (or gold), I know they used cyanide and aresenic, would this change the color? Mt. Black, Graytown Nagambie off heathcote road, if anyone has heard of the place, or has any past history on it... thanks Ash < 
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07-01-2008, 04:28 PM
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Many sandstone/limestone excavations i have worked at turns like that when filled with water.
Its just the natural colour. Looks very inviting. |
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07-01-2008, 04:42 PM
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yeah there used to be one like that around Oakleigh ,don`t know if its still there
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07-01-2008, 05:47 PM
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A lot of lakes do that, as GK said probably just the natural colour. Organic compositions, rock/soil type, minerals etc all contribute to what colour the water colour is.
Blue Lake in Mt Gambier is very blue, almost like there is blue dye or royal blue paint in it, and there are pink lakes in WA near Esperance which are all natural too |
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07-01-2008, 06:03 PM
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I grew up alongside a bluestone quarry that had long been abandoned. It would fill to reasonable depth during summer storms and was crystal clear and warm to swim in. You could see every detail on the bottom - perhaps 4-5m depth. Spent many days there growing up.
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07-01-2008, 08:47 PM
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but remember the rocks at the bottom can be razor sharp ... no diving in the shallow end
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07-01-2008, 08:59 PM
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if they used to mine for gold, maybe there was also copper, might explain the blue green colour.
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07-01-2008, 09:00 PM
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08-01-2008, 11:17 AM
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Mt Morgan gold mine is a mess, similar but I can't remember the colour. I know it leaks a brownish green colour but it's a huge mess of various chems. Arsonic is one that they used to help filter out the gold.
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08-01-2008, 08:33 PM
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The water could also be stagnate turning the water that colour.
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08-01-2008, 10:46 PM
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What's green is gold
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08-01-2008, 11:10 PM
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ask your local council .. they would know
or the local water board etc etc or ask a local mining and engineering supplies company.. most have their finger in all the quarries around the place
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09-01-2008, 09:19 AM
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Information on Quarries Chemicals etc.
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