Hawk`s Crag - uranium discovery

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DescriptionHawks Crag is a prominent landmark in the Lower Buller Gorge, where the road has been cut into a cliff that drops into the Buller River.

In 1955, two elderly prospectors, Frederick Cassin and Charles Jacobsen, made the first discovery of uranium on the roadside, about a kilometre downstream.

The area is made up of a rock type called Hawks Crag Breccia (pronounced ‘bretcha’) – a mass of angular fragments, probably formed by floods near a mountain range where rock was being eroded rapidly. At the time it seemed a most unlikely place to find uranium, so had been overlooked by prospectors.

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Hawks Crag,Buller Gorge... no guard rail !

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Location (city or town)Buller Gorge Last edited by: Tracey Butler

Landmark (Place)Hawks Crag, Buller Gorge. Last edited by: Tracey Butler

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