| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
Mine Street KAPUNDA |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Light Regional Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Kapunda Mine Historic Site |
| Registered Name |
Mine Site |
| Significance |
The Kapunda Mine, established in 1844 following the discovery of copper in 1842, is important as the first metal mine in South Australia to be worked on a commercial scale. The success of the mine contributed to the Colony's economic recovery from a period of depression in the early 1840s. It also led to the creation of the town of Kapunda, one of the first mining towns in Australia.
Worked by Cornish miners, the mine was also the first in the colony to utilise large-scale open-cut methods of mining (from 1867) to more efficiently remove the low-grade ore and the first to utilise an acid leaching and concentrating treatment process to produce copper. The mine closed in 1878. (HB 4/2009)
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| Subject Index |
Mining and mineral processing - Mine |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
28-MAY-1987 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Light Regional Council |
| State Heritage ID |
11535 |
| Heritage Number |
13330 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5208/927 D861 A14,CT 5119/139 D861 A11,CT 5113/118 D861 A15,CT 5502/698 F7985 A30,CT 5701/906 F176277 A205,CT 5751/298 D861 A23,CT 5786/670 F7985 A29,CT 5786/672 F7985 A28,CT 5837/690 D861 A13,CT 5843/524 D56267 A40,CT 5843/525 D56267 A41,CT 5890/950 F198949 A96,CT 5948/415 F7985 A27,CT 6244/28 F32356 A100 |