Tom's Quarry
Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
Tom’s Quarry is an active phosphate mine which has also produced a range of mineral specimens.
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Mindat lists 67 minerals from the site, including 5 for which it is the type locality.
It is the type locality for Ellioitite, Jahnsite-(CaFeMg), Kapundaite, Peisleyite, and Tomsquarryite.
The quarry may also be known as Old Toms Quarry or Tom’s Phosphate Quarry.
It may be confused with Sobeys Mine, but this is a seperate locale that works the same deposits.
Further reading
We may have specimens from various locales around South Australia including:
South Australia- Billy Springs Mine, Mount Fitton homestead, Mount Freeling, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, 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
- Preamimma Mine, Rural City of Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia
- Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
- St John's Quarry, St John's, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
- Tom's Quarry, Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
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