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Native Copper from
Lady Alice Mine, Humbug Scrub, City of Playford, 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 Lady Alice Mine, Humbug Scrub, City of Playford, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:680202
Long-form Identifier:1:3:680202:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Copper
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘTry Again Mine, Humbug Scrub Diggings, Humbug Scrub, City of Playford, South Australia, Australia
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘLady Edith Mine, Humbug Scrub, City of Playford, South Australia, Australia
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘYoung Australian No.1, Humbug Scrub Diggings, Humbug Scrub, City of Playford, South Australia, Australia
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘStockyard Gully Mines, City of Playford, South Australia, Australia
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘDeloraine Mine, Deloraine Goldfields, Kersbrook, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘAdelaide Mine, Montacute, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
21.5km (13.4 miles) ⓘMontacute Mine, Montacute, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
28.4km (17.6 miles) ⓘCrinnis Copper Mine, Angaston, Barossa Council, South Australia, Australia
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘBalhannah Copper and Bismuth Mine, Balhannah, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘGrunthal Mine, Balhannah, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
References
Brown, Henry Yorke Lyell (1908) Record of the mines of South Australia (4th ed.). Government Printer.
 
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