Portland Harbour Trust Quarry
Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia
The Portland Harbour Trust Quarry is a small quarry on the eastern cliff of Cape Grant.
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Mindat lists 12 minerals from the site, including Andesine, Analcime, Augite, Calcite, Chabazite, Hematite, and Ilmenite.
The quarry is also sometimes known as “Cape Grant Quarry”. The Port of Portland has some historical info and photographs of the quarry at its height.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-14269.html
- https://www.portofportland.com.au/about/photo-gallery/60-year/cape-grant-quarry/
- https://www.portofportland.com.au/about/celebrating-60-years-of-a-modern-port/cape-grant-quarry-3/
If you are interested in other classic Australian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Australian locales
- Gumigil Chrysoprase Mine, Marlborough, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
- Marillana Station mine, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
- Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia
- Woods Mine, Inglis Co, New South Wales, Australia
For the rest of our Australian stock, see below.