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Mount Perry mineral field

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: malachite, azurite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Copper mining district of the 1870s in the North Burnett with dumps around the old smelter town

Documented in Queensland mining heritage records and collector guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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