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SP 011 Minerals of the Burra Mine South Australia
Created: 15 Nov 2024 Revised: 15 Nov 2024
Author: Grguric, B.;Pring, A.;Drew, G.

Burra, discovered in 1845, was Australia's first great mine, and at the time was one of the largest and richest in the world, producing nearly 5% of the total world output of copper. Today the mine is still famous for the beautiful specimens of...

Burra, discovered in 1845, was Australia's first great mine, and at the time was one of the largest and richest in the world, producing nearly 5% of the total world output of copper. Today the mine is still famous for the beautiful specimens of bright green malachite and blue azurite which adorn the exhibitions of the world's leading mineralogical museums. This handbook gives a brief history of the mine, describes the geology of the copper deposit and details the minerals that have been found in it.

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Record No 2018d043109
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Closed Series - Special Publication
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Tenement
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Geological Province Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name Burra mine;Princess Royal mine;Kapunda mine
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    Geographic Locality: Burra;Burra Creek;Burra Mine Museum;Morphetts Enginehouse;Kingston Fault;Tinline Fault
Doc No: SP 011
    Geographic Locality: Burra;Burra Creek;Burra Mine Museum;Morphetts Enginehouse;Kingston Fault;Tinline Fault
Doc No: SP 011
    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2018d043109
    Citation Grguric, B.;Pring, A.;Drew, G. SP 011 Minerals of the Burra Mine South Australia. Departmental Publication - Closed Series - Special Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2018d043109

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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