Burra Burra Copper Mine
Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
A former copper mine near the township of Burra.
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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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If you are interested in other classic Australian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Australian locales
- Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
- Gumigil Chrysoprase Mine, Marlborough, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
- Marillana Station mine, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
- Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
- Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, 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.