state South Australia Products copper, gold Opened 1846 | Country Australia Company Hillgrove Resources | |
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Location Kanmantoo, South Australia Active 1846-1874 (underground), 1970-1976 (opencut), 2011-current (opencut) Website www.hillgroveresources.com.au/section/Projects/Kanmantoo | ||
The Kanmantoo mine is a copper mine in South Australia, near the town of Kanmantoo, 55km southeast of Adelaide.
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History
Cooper was first discovered and mined in the 1840s. The town was established to house workers at the mine, which at that time was an underground mine. The original mine was active from 1846 to 1874. A new open-cut mine operated from 1970 to 1976. The current mine operators acquired the mining and exploration leases in stages over 2003-2008, and started mining operations from 2011. Processing at the mine site produces concentrates which are transported by road to Port Adelaide via the South Eastern Freeway.
Geology
The mineral deposits are in Cambrian Kanmantoo group rocks.
References
Kanmantoo mine Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA