Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Large opencut mine known for a wealth of secondary mineral species.

NOTE: Material from this opencut which was fairly rich in secondary minerals could be collected in the 1990s on designated dumps on the mine site of the Pinnacles mine (http://www.mindat.org/loc-5752.html).

Refs.:
- Birch, W.D. and Van Der Heyden, A. (1988): Minerals from the Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Mineralogical Record: 19: 425-436.
- Elliott, P. (1996): Mimetite and Wulfenite from the Kintore Opencut Broken Hill New South Wales. Mineralogical Record, 27, 375-380.
- Birch, W.D. and van der Heyden, A. (1997): Minerals of the Kintore and Block 14 open cuts at Broken Hill NSW. Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 3: 23-71.
- Birch, W.D. (1999). Minerals of Broken Hill. Publisher Broken Hill Council (Melbourne).