Carapateena mine

Carapateena mine
Location
South Australia
Country Australia
Production
Products Copper

The Carapateena mine is a large copper mine located 100 km southeast of Olympic Dam in South Australia's Far North region. Carapateena represents one of the largest copper reserves in Australia and in the world having estimated reserves of 292 million tonnes of ore grading 1.31% copper and 3.64 million oz of gold.[1] It was discovered by explorer and metallurgist Rudie Gomez in 2005. The project was acquired by OZ Minerals in 2011.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Iron oxide deposits in the world" (PDF). ethesis.helsinki.fi. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  2. ↑ Carapateena project OZ Minerals (Accessed 2013-12-26)

31°10′46″S 137°30′04″E / 31.179565°S 137.500980°E / -31.179565; 137.500980Coordinates: 31°10′46″S 137°30′04″E / 31.179565°S 137.500980°E / -31.179565; 137.500980

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