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Chapel Hill Diggings (Old Echunga diggings), Echunga goldfield, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types
Chapel Hill Diggings (Old Echunga diggings)Diggings
Echunga goldfieldOre Field
South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills)Mountain Range
Mt Lofty RangesMountain Range
South AustraliaState
AustraliaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 4' 60'' South , 138° 46' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-35.08333,138.76667
GeoHash:
G#: r1f8mtqbc
GRN:
S24E81
Type:
Diggings
KΓΆppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Echunga846 (2012)3.5km
Mylor939 (2015)4.5km
Jupiter Creek539 (2014)6.1km
Hahndorf2,668 (2014)7.1km
Heathfield1,001 (2018)7.6km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Goldfields Club of South AustraliaWarradale, South Australia23km
Gem and Mineral Clubs Association of South Australiaadelaide, south australia23km
Adelaide Facetors Guild, Adelaide Facetors Groupadelaide, South Australia23km
Mineralogical Society of South Australia Inc. (MINSOC)adelaide, South Australia23km
Adelaide Gem and Mineral ClubSt Peters, South Australia24km
Mindat Locality ID:
12016
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:12016:7
GUID (UUID V4):
069a3106-30ff-4dbe-b8f4-4bd48948d512


The predominent areas of both the Chapel Hill and Jupiter Creek diggings and now set aside as fossicking areas, for futher details contact PIRSA.


The Old Echunga Diggings comprise a number of locations on a 12km x 5km area. The gold was found and recovered from the quartz reefs in the Adelaide Geosyncline sediments (Aldgate Sandstone, Woolshed Flat shale/Burra group) and from alluvial deposits in the Tertiary and Quaternary formations.

Some of the names listed in the Chapel Hill Diggings include;

Chapel Hill diggings; Bells Hill diggings; Bells Hill rush; Dodds run; Hall; Hoskins Lead; Sandys Lead; Yorkeys Lead; Christmas Rush diggings; German Dam Rush diggings; New Rush diggings; Poor Mans Hill Rush diggings; National Gold mine; Poor Mans Hill Rush Gold, Prince Alfred Mine diggings.

Please check these before making a seperate listing.

This list most likely is not complete, please let me know if you find another listing for the area.
Mark Willoughby.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


11 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Copper
Formula: Cu
β“˜ Gahnite
Formula: ZnAl2O4
References:
Ben Grguric
β“˜ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Gold
Formula: Au
β“˜ Kyanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
References:
Ben Grguric
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Quartz var. Citrine
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
β“˜ Staurolite
Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
β“˜ Sulphur
Formula: S8
β“˜ Topaz
Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
β“˜ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Copper1.AA.05Cu
β“˜Gold1.AA.05Au
β“˜Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Gahnite4.BB.05ZnAl2O4
β“˜Quartz
var. Citrine		4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
β“˜Kyanite9.AF.15Al2(SiO4)O
β“˜Staurolite9.AF.30Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
β“˜Topaz9.AF.35Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Unclassified
β“˜'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Hβ“˜ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ Quartz var. CitrineSiO2
Oβ“˜ GahniteZnAl2O4
Oβ“˜ KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ RutileTiO2
Oβ“˜ Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Oβ“˜ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Oβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oβ“˜ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ GahniteZnAl2O4
Alβ“˜ KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Alβ“˜ StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Alβ“˜ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ Quartz var. CitrineSiO2
Siβ“˜ KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Siβ“˜ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Siβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siβ“˜ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Sβ“˜ SulphurS8
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ RutileTiO2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Feβ“˜ StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ CopperCu
ZnZinc
Znβ“˜ GahniteZnAl2O4
ZrZirconium
Zrβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)
AuGold
Auβ“˜ GoldAu

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References

SARIG, PIRSA
Brown H.Y.L, (1908), Record of Mines of South Australia, Government Printer, South Australia, 4ed.
Noble R.J, Just J, Johnson J. E. (1983), Catalogue of South Australian Minerals - 1983, Government Printer, South Australia.
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