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South Australia
Kapunda copper field
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: eyes-only malachite, azurite traces.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Australia's first metal mine of consequence, copper carbonates worked from 1844
Documented in South Australian mining history and town interpretation.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable workings
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