Price Salt Mine (Cheetham Salt; Gulf Salt Co. Ltd; Wills Creek), Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Price Salt Mine (Cheetham Salt; Gulf Salt Co. Ltd; Wills Creek) | Mine |
Port Clinton | Town |
Yorke Peninsula | Peninsula |
South Australia | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 17' 31'' South , 137° 59' 45'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Port Price | 256 (2014) | 0.6km |
Ardrossan | 1,122 (2013) | 16.1km |
Port Wakefield | 476 (2014) | 18.2km |
Arthurton | 293 (2011) | 22.8km |
Kulpara | 183 (2016) | 25.3km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Yorke Peninsula Gem and Mineral Club | Moonta, South Australia | 45km |
Mindat Locality ID:
265048
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:265048:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0b822cb5-72d1-4fcd-ac83-94fb3a8d5bf5
Salt produced by solar evaporation of seawater from shallow tidal lakes behind a sand barrier marginal to Spencer Gulf. Current operation of 1064ha of evaporators and crystallisers. Production from 1974-2011 ~4.4Mt.
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1 valid mineral.
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- Adelaide SuperbasinBasin
- South Australia
- Gawler CratonCraton
- Stansbury BasinBasin
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