Paratoo copper Mine
Paratoo, District Council of Peterborough, South Australia, Australia
A small abandoned copper mine, probably best known for a number of interesting rare earth minerals.
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Mindat lists 42 minerals from the site, including three for which it is the type locality, including Alicewilsonite-(YLa), Decrespignyite-(Y), and Paratooite-(La).
Looking through the list on Mindat, you can see plenty of rare earth minerals – some people believe the mine may host many more.
There are several technical geoscience based writeups on the site which are linked below, and well worth a read if the site is of special interest to you.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-6989.html
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/abs/origin-of-the-secondary-reeminerals-at-the-paratoo-copper-deposit-near-yunta-south-australia/BC14EDE835A5083A0C5FF8757F05DDFC
- https://catalog.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2020d038229
- https://catalog.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb6100094
We may have specimens from various locales around South Australia including:
South Australia- Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
- Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
- Paratoo copper Mine, Paratoo, District Council of Peterborough, South Australia, Australia
- Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
- Toms Quarry, Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
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