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Blackwood, Mitcham, State of South Australia, Australia

Alternative Names:	Blackwood
Type:	Section of populated place
Mindat.org Region:	South Australia, Australia
Region:	Mitcham, State of South Australia, Australia
Latitude:	35° 1' 17" S
Longitude:	138° 36' 51" E
Lat/Long (dec):	-35.02139,138.61429
Köppen climate type:	Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Population:	3,799 (2015)
Mindat Feature ID:	2076378
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2076378:1
GUID:	a067810c-0b26-4c9d-83e2-259f8f8d1516

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Chambers Mine ('Ben Lomond'), Coromandel Valley, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 3' 12" S	138° 37' 27" E	3.7km (2.3 miles)
Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 4' 32" S	138° 37' 3" E	6.1km (3.8 miles)
Glen Osmond Quarry, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 58' 3" S	138° 38' 49" E	6.7km (4.1 miles)
Wheal Augusta, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 57' 53" S	138° 38' 54" E	7.0km (4.4 miles)
Eagle Mine, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 58' 47" S	138° 40' 31" E	7.2km (4.5 miles)
Glen Osmond Mine, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 57' 41" S	138° 39' 4" E	7.5km (4.6 miles)
Wheal Watkins, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 57' 34" S	138° 39' 20" E	7.8km (4.9 miles)
Wheal Gawler, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 57' 26" S	138° 39' 20" E	8.1km (5.0 miles)
Almanda mine (Wheal Maria mine; Wheal Mary Anne mine), Cherry Gardens, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 5' 3" S	138° 40' 26" E	8.8km (5.5 miles)
Field River Caves, Reynella, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 5' 17" S	138° 31' 31" E	11.0km (6.8 miles)
Stonyfell Quarry, Stonyfell, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 56' 21" S	138° 41' 6" E	11.2km (6.9 miles)
Worthing Mine (Hallett's mine), Reynella, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 5' 14" S	138° 30' 39" E	11.9km (7.4 miles)
Mount Bold Mine (Mount Bold Perseverence), South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 6' 42" S	138° 41' 21" E	12.1km (7.5 miles)
Aldgate Barytes Mine (Aldgate Recreational Reserve; Cambridge Road), Aldgate, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 1' 22" S	138° 44' 55" E	12.2km (7.6 miles)
Hallett Cove, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 4' 28" S	138° 29' 44" E	12.3km (7.7 miles)
White Rock Quarry, Horsnell Gully, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 55' 31" S	138° 42' 29" E	13.7km (8.5 miles)
Onkaparinga mine, Echunga goldfield, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 3' 54" S	138° 45' 28" E	14.0km (8.7 miles)
Uraidla Goldfields, Uraidla, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 57' 41" S	138° 44' 57" E	14.0km (8.7 miles)
Lady Edith, Uraidla, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 57' 32" S	138° 44' 54" E	14.1km (8.7 miles)
Uraidla mine (Bolland's), Uraidla, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 57' 14" S	138° 44' 56" E	14.4km (8.9 miles)
Ashton Quarry, Ashton, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 55' 59" S	138° 44' 13" E	14.9km (9.2 miles)
Kangarilla Mine, Kangarilla, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 8' 45" S	138° 40' 37" E	15.0km (9.3 miles)
Chapel Hill Diggings (Old Echunga diggings), Echunga goldfield, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 4' 59" S	138° 46' 0" E	15.5km (9.6 miles)
Biggs Flat diggings, Echunga goldfield, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 4' 17" S	138° 46' 31" E	15.7km (9.7 miles)
Jupiter Creek Diggings, Echunga goldfield, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 6' 9" S	138° 45' 25" E	15.8km (9.8 miles)
Grunthal Mine, Balhannah, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 0' 3" S	138° 47' 45" E	16.7km (10.4 miles)
Hahndorf Mine, Hahndorf, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	35° 2' 39" S	138° 48' 28" E	17.8km (11.1 miles)
Balhannah Copper and Bismuth Mine, Balhannah, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 58' 59" S	138° 48' 20" E	18.0km (11.2 miles)
Morialta Diggings (Fifth Creek Diggings), Montacute, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 53' 57" S	138° 45' 2" E	18.4km (11.4 miles)
Fifth Creek Central Mine (Stainbanks), Montacute, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	34° 53' 9" S	138° 44' 8" E	18.7km (11.6 miles)

Lower adit at Wheal Watkins

Wheal Watkins, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

View of dumps from access road.

Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Collectors on the dumps

Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Lower adit at Wheal Watkins

Wheal Watkins, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

View of dumps from access road.

Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Collectors on the dumps

Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Lower adit at Wheal Watkins

Wheal Watkins, Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

View of dumps from access road.

Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Minerals recorded nearby (within 18.7 km)

ⓘ Bariopharmacosiderite

ⓘ Baryte

ⓘ Bayldonite

ⓘ 'Beaverite-(Cu)-plumbojarosite Series'

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

ⓘ Witherite

ⓘ Zincrosasite

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Australia	Country
Adelaide Superbasin, Australia	Basin
South Australia, Australia	State
Australian Plate	Tectonic Plate

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Australia, South Australia, Mitcham - Hills	15.8.932.0.0.0

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