Dear List (writing from the historic Warrandyte gold area of Victoria!)
1. Thanks to Trevor for the appreciative note re geological importance.
2. Thoroughly concur with Steve Gray's comment on the sociology.
Sulfur mines in Sicily are a cogent example of both points. The industry was the dominant industry in central Sicily and the sociological and political effects of the mining and its demise are still evident; the mines were very important in the development of the chemical industry in the UK (and I suspect elsewhere); the district is one of the few on-land exposures of the Messinian salinity crisis. The area was also important in the mythology of the ancient world (Persephone entered the underworld via a lake near Enna, which may have had sulphurous emanations in ancient time).
John
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