Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Old, small copper mine/prospect 30 km to the west of Yunta.

Known for a highly unusual assemblage of secondary REE and Cu-REE carbonate minerals.

References:
- K. Wallwork, U. Kolitsch, A. Pring and L. Nasdala (2002): Decrespignyite-(Y), a new copper yttrium rare earth carbonate chloride hydrate from Paratoo, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 181-188.
- Pring, A., Wallwork, K., Brugger, J., Kolitsch, U. (2006): Paratooite-(La), a new lanthanum-dominant rare-earth copper carbonate from Paratoo, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 70, 131-138.
- Brugger, J., Ogierman, J., Pring, A., Waldron, H., Kolitsch, U. (2006): Origin of the secondary REE-minerals at the Paratoo copper deposit near Yunta, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 70, 609-627.