Australia, South Australia
Echunga SA
Jupiter Creek diggings
Gold ground Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: South Australia's main 1850s goldfield in the Adelaide Hills, with the Jupiter Creek diggings declared a public fossicking area under the state Mining Act
Jupiter Creek is one of South Australia's officially declared fossicking areas; fine gold is still panned among the heritage workings
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open historic shafts fenced but hazardous off-trackSummer snake activity
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