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Native Copper from
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia


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Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
02883330017658299515511.jpg
Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Native Copper

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cuprite21
Quartz10
Perloffite6
Springcreekite3
Fluorapatite2
Malachite1
Baryte1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (16 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27081
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27081:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
40.6km (25.3 miles) ⓘCopper Claim (Anesbury mine), Eurelia, District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, South Australia, Australia
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘWheal Sarah, Spalding, Northern Areas Council, South Australia, Australia
90.1km (56.0 miles) ⓘBundaleer area, Spalding, Northern Areas Council, South Australia, Australia
92.4km (57.4 miles) ⓘIron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
[AmMin 85:1324]
Mineralogical Magazine 63, 735-741
SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 6228
Brown, Henry Yorke Lyell (1899) Record of the mines of South Australia (3rd ed.). Government Printer.
Elliott, Peter (2019) Strontioperloffite, SrMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)3, a new bjarebyite-group mineral from the Spring Creek mine, South Australia, Australia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (3) 549-555 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2816
 
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