Tea Tree Gully Mine (Tea Tree Iron Mine; Tea Tree Silver Mine; Ironstone Quarry), Anstey Hill Recreation Park, City of Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, Australiai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 49' 44'' South , 138° 44' 33'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Houghton | 596 (2012) | 1.7km |
| Hope Valley | 8,223 (2015) | 3.9km |
| Paracombe | 363 (2014) | 4.1km |
| Golden Grove | 8,976 (2015) | 5.1km |
| Modbury | 5,570 (2015) | 5.4km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tea Tree Gully Gem and Mineral Club | Tea Tree Gully, South Australia | 4km |
| Mildura District Gem & Mineral Club Inc | Mildura, South Australia | 5km |
| Adelaide Detector Club Inc. | Broadview, South Australia | 13km |
| Enfield Gem and Mineral Club | Enfield, South Australia | 13km |
| Adelaide Gem and Mineral Club | St Peters, South Australia | 14km |
As part of Anstey Hill Recreation Park, fossicking and collecting at this site is now prohibited.
"TEA TREE GULLY MINE was an historic mine that worked an outcrop of ironstone gossan, it was first discovered in 1853, and worked for iron ore for use as a flux in 1888. Workings consisted of a small open cut, and a series of adits and shafts. Host rock was metasediment, phyllite, dolomite, slate, shale. At depth copper mineralisation was intersected, with some lead, silver and gold mineralisation reported. The area is rural, hilly. 300 tonnes of iron ore for use as flux was recorded."
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Atacamite Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 References: |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Atacamite | 3.DA.10a | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Adelaide SuperbasinBasin
- Delamerian OrogenOrogen
- South Australia
- Mount Lofty RangesMountain Range
- South Mount Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills)Mountain Range
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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Tea Tree Gully Mine, Anstey Hill Recreation Park, City of Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, Australia