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Native Copper from
Beverley Mine, Paralana High Plains, Wooltana Station (Wooltana), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beverley Mine, Paralana High Plains, Wooltana Station (Wooltana), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416588
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416588:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘMount Fitton South Mine, Mount Fitton homestead, Mount Freeling, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
25.0km (15.6 miles) ⓘParabarana Mine, Parabarana Hill, Moolawatana Station (Moolawatana), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘBilly Springs Mine, Mount Fitton homestead, Mount Freeling, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘMount Fitton Mines, Mount Fitton homestead, Mount Freeling, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
83.9km (52.1 miles) ⓘBarilla Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘStones claim, Burr Well Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
90.2km (56.1 miles) ⓘPaulls Consolidated Mine (Friend Copper; Pauls), Burr Well Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
Wuelser-Pierre-Alain
Lahaye-Yann
Brugger-Joel 2004. Mineralogy and zircon geochemistry of uranium sedimentary-hosted Beverley Deposit (Lake Frome Embayment, Curnamona Province, South Australia), McGoldrick-Peter (editor) Abstracts - Geological Society of Australia. 73
Pages 138. 2004.
Wülser, P.-A., Brugger, J., Foden, J., Pfeifer, H.-R. (2011) The Sandstone-Hosted Beverley Uranium Deposit, Lake Frome Basin, South Australia: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and a Time-Constrained Model for Its Genesis. Economic Geology, 106 (5). 835-867 doi:10.2113/econgeo.106.5.835
 
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