Mount Cannindah

AU / Queensland

•-24.91330, 151.28195View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Mount Cannindah is a mineral prospect in Queensland, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Gold, Malachite, Silver. The site was discovered in 1889.

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AzuriteChrysocollaCopperGoldMalachiteSilver

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Operation type: Surface
Discovered: 1889

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Cited references

BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCE,GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, BMR DATA-FILE (MINDEP) GOLD DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND, 1989,PP.30.1-30.4. REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P.214.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10280576 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -24.91330, 151.28195

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