Burra Burra Copper Mine

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.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-152.html

If you are interested in other classic Australian locales we may have stock from the following locales.

Australian locales

• Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
• Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
• Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
• Gumigil Chrysoprase Mine, Marlborough, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
• Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
• Marillana Station mine, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
• Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
• Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
• Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia
• Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
• Toms Quarry, Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
• Woods Mine, Inglis Co, New South Wales, Australia

For the rest of our Australian stock, see below.

Australia