Burra Burra Copper Mine

Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia

A former copper mine near the township of Burra.

The mine was worked between 1845 and 1877. The open cut mine was worked between 1970 and 1981. The pit is now flooded with water and no collecting is allowed.

The site produced some world class specimens of azurite and malachite, as well as a variety of other copper ores.

Mindat lists 47 mineral species from the site.

 

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