STARKE- MUNBURRA, QLD

Hi,

Any one have any info on this area!!! i have looked on google, not much info. Going up for some fishing + crabbing.

And detecting.

NSEW
Mick

Hey Mick,
You sure of your spelling ?
I could only find Munbura on Google earth.
Now if only I could attach a jpg...

i think its up in the cooktown area

cheers...reg

Hi;

On OziExplorer,
Munburra Farm comes up as 14 54.003 S 144 59.998 E.
In the Munburra Reserve there is an abandoned mine “Antimony Creek” close to the Starcke River.
The mine coordinates are 14 53.548 S 145 01.911 E.
I don’t have any information regarding gold in this area.

Regards
Scrat

Try this link
http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&x=145.010205&y=-14.85146&w=20123&h=20123&i=554&j=554&p=205153&pl=205153&fc=1&s=Starcke%20River&mpsec=0#map
There is a gold mine 2.5K's west.There are also some possible gully's/diggings.

Thanks for your input all.

NSEW
Mick

Good day All.
Any of you southeners planning to go up the top end be very CROCs they move around alot in the wet & pop up along way from salt water. the rule of thumb is if there is water there is likely crocs. even in dams hundreds of km. from the sea.
Cheers Greg

Here's a good link to the Starcke Gold field north of Cooktown, scroll down to the Cape Melville section http://www.dme.qld.gov.au/zone_files/geoscience_pdf/farnorth_cairnsetc.pdf.

I knew a guy who was prospecting up there years ago, he did pretty well but was using a motor bike to access then a massive foot hike over a rugged mountain range to get into the alluvial gullies. He mentioned the area held some of the biggest and most aggressive Taipans he has ever seen (Old Palmer River prospector so knows a thing or two about snakes) and also told me a horror story of being woken up late one night in his camp by a guy with and shotgun and his mate using a cross bow.

The areas is best visited in June through to October once the rivers dry up after the wet and is from what I can gather is now mostly National park.

Hope this helps,

JP

Antimony Creek Gold/2.8 Km E Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Boomerang Gold/1.05 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Boomerang East Gold/1.1 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Boomerang West Gold/1.05 Km Nnw Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Butchers Gold/1.1 Km Nne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Co-Operative Tunnels Gold/8.4 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Diggings Creek Gold/0.2 Km Se Of Munburra./Mineral Occurrence
Duff'S Gold/1.2 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Duke Of York Gold/1.5 Km Nne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Dyer'S Opencut Gold/2.1 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Dyers Gold/1.55 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Francis Gold/1.15 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Gladstone Gold/5.0 Km Nne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Gold Mount Gold/1.3 Km Ne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Graveyard Gold/0.8 Km Ne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Hamesly And Quinn Gold/1.3 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Hit Or Miss Gold/0.6 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Jephson'S Surprise Gold/1.7 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Last Hit Gold/1.3 Km Nnw Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Lily Of The Valle Gold/1.6 Km Nne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Lizzie Trembles Gold/1.3 Km Nne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Love'S Duffer Gold/1.7 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Monte Carlo Gold/5.3 Km Nne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Mountain Maid Gold/1.9 Km Nne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Kitty Gully Gold/0.8 Km Nnw Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Starlight Gully Gold/2.0 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Unnamed 854534 Gold/1.0 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Bearaway Gully Gold/8.4 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Death Adder Gully Gold/6.4 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Mckenzie'S Gully Gold/7.1 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Nuggety Gully Gold/7.4 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Prospectors' Gully Gold/6.3 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Top Camp Gold/7.5 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Poor Old Torres Gold/1.2 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Queen Alexandra Gold/1.0 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Rapport Gold/1.2 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Reine D'Or Gold/0.7 Km Nne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Rio Tinto Gold/1.4 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Ruby United Gold/1.1 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Slattery'S Adit Gold/2.2 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Slattery'S Gold/1.2 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Saint Patrick Gold/1.5 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Stuckey'S Gold/1.1 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Tuckers Gold/59.0 Km Se Of Wakooka./Abandoned Mine
Uncle Sandy Gold/3.6 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Weir'S Gold/1.3 Km N Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine
Unnamed 835577 Gold/58.3 Km Se Of Wakooka./Abandoned Mine
Unnamed 857529 Gold/0.5 Km Ne Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine

Looks like you best stay away from this spot as it got it's name some how.

Death Adder Gully Gold/6.4 Km Ese Of Munburra./Abandoned Mine

Pig shooters love to wake you up acouple of mate's have lost good dogs up that way from snake's

David

Tuckers	3 T/.1 Kg Gold Bullion/(handpickedore)
Kitty Gully	T/1.5 Kg Gold Bullion/
Last Hit	2157 T/144 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Boomerang West	4 T/.2 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Ruby United	76 T/6 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Francis	3 T/.082 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Rapport	2 T/.016 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Boomerang	193 T/34.2 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Queen Alexandra	118 T/11 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Boomerang East	302 T/40.7 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
DuffS	2 T/.048 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Hamesly And Quinn	3 T/.165 Kg Gold Bullion/(handpickedore)
Hit Or Miss	59 T/1.8 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Poor Old Torres	8 T/.6 Kg Gold Bullion/(handpicked)
SlatteryS	8 T/.6 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
WeirS	6 T/.5 Kg Gold Bullion/(handpickedore)
Saint Patrick	111 T/6.7 Kg Gold Bullion/(handpickedore)
Rio Tinto	320 T/20.2 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
JephsonS Surprise	37 T/3.9 Kg Gold Bullion/(handpicked)
SlatteryS Adit	8 T/.2 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
DyerS Opencut	10 T//
Duke Of York	3 T/.9 Kg Gold Bullion/ Amount of ore produced is approximate only.(handpickedore)
Butchers	11 T//(underground)
Graveyard	2 T/.062 Kg Gold Bullion/ Period of production is approximate only.(underground)
Lily Of The Valley	4 T/2.2 Kg Gold Bullion/ Amount of ore produced is approximate only.(handpicked)
Lizzie Trembles	2 T/.2 Kg Gold Bullion/
Mountain Maid	5 T/2.5 Kg Gold Bullion/ Amount of ore produced is approximate only.(underground)
Gold Mount	2 T/.075 Kg Gold Bullion/
Gladstone	502 T/18.8 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Monte Carlo	272 T/10.7 Kg Gold Bullion/(underground)
Uncle Sandy	18 T/.3 Kg Gold Bullion 9 T Antimony Concentrate 9 %/(underground)
Uncle Sandy	41 T// Amount of ore produced is approximate only. Period of production is approximate only.
Nuggety Gully	T/3 Kg Gold Bullion/
Co-Operative Tunnels	T/3.9 Kg Gold Bullion/ Period of production is approximate only.
Bearaway Gully	T/5 Kg Gold Bullion/

Look there is a uncle sandy in there it must of been Qldsandy great uncle

"woken up late one night in his camp by a guy with and shotgun and his mate using a cross bow."

Did he hear any banjo music?

Thanks J.P and Detrack,

Since my post i have had someone give me a lot of maps and info, thanks all for your help.

I hope the taipans arn`t too nasty.

NSEW
Mick

Taipans are real nasty, even in winter they will go out of their way to take a swipe at you, hence the warning. You get hit with one of them up in that country it would be best to do what the movie says..... "stick your head between your knees and kiss your arse good bye" Lucky thing is though you don't see them in numbers so I would say they have large territories (rodent hunters) so don't tend to bunch up and tend to be nocturnal when on the hunt.

I know another bloke who went in there a few years back and scored a couple of ounces off the old heaps but had to do massive amounts of walking to get onto the areas (no vehicle access even by quad), one spot produced an ounce in an hour or so but he had to skedaddle back out before darkness fell. The guy I knew back in the '90's got one piece around 8 ounces from memory so decent gold can be had from the area. I also have a brother in-law who is a professional crabber in the area if you wanted a contact for some local info, PM me if you like for his details. I also have some quality kevlar snake gators coming in from the US (designed for rattle snake strike) if your interested.

JP

Gaiters are a good idea, I detect gullies and creeks in my area, overgrown snakey places. About an hour up steep hills to the car, then another hour to civilization, can't afford to take chances, one bite under these conditions and you're in deep trouble. Snakeproof gaiters are a cheap insurance policy.

I still haven't come across my first snake for the season, I'm getting off lightly compared to last year. I can hardly wait.

Regards Bill.

Hi,
Just got back, snagged a few bits.

Only one Tipan that i saw, i will post some pics and places of where it happened.

Stay tuned.

Mick