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

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Office Building and Leaching Bin.

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

Mine Office building and Leaching bin from the Paratoo Copper mine, Yunta, South Australia. This is the only building left at this site and is from the last period of active mining durring the 1960's. There is a small number of leaching bins and kibble bins scattered around the site. Photograph by Mark Willoughby.
 © M. Willoughby \'06Photo ID: 125793    View Count: 148

Paratoo, june 2003

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

The site where was discovered Decrespignyite, Paratoo, june 2003 (C. Gineste)
 © Cédrick GinestePhoto ID: 124302    View Count: 275

Produtive trench cutting on locality

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

Paratoo mine is the Type Locality for Decrespigneyite and Paratooite
This photo was taken during a 2004 Victorian Minsoc field trip
 © Vic CloetePhoto ID: 126179    View Count: 172

Seams of Malachite, Decrespignyite-(Y) and Bastnasite-(Ce)

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

Seams of Malachite, Decrespignyite-(Y) and Bastnasite-(Ce) at the Paratoo Copper mine, Yunta, South Australia. This is typical of the deposits containing Decrespignyite-(Y), Bastnasite-(Ce) and other REE rich minerals at this locality. (This is the spot that Vince and Merideth are working in my other photo.) Photograph by Mark Willoughby.
 © M. Willoughby \'06Photo ID: 125795    View Count: 176

Working for Decrespignyite-(Y) and Bastnasite-(Ce)

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

Mineralogical Society of South Australia members, Vince Peisley and Merideth Supple working in one of the many small open cut areas in search of Malachite with Decrespignyite-(Y) and Bastnasite-(Ce). Paratoo Copper mine, Yunta, South Australia. Photgraph by Mark Willoughby.
 © M. Willoughby \'06Photo ID: 125794    View Count: 191
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