Deposit Synonyms
Cobblers Creek; Golden Grove
Mineral District
Deposit Summary
slate of Saddleworth Formation mined for building stone used locally, with limestone at the portal mined, and burnt to produce lime for mortar. Within Adelaide metropolitan built up zone (2008).
Deposit Description
COBBLER CREEK NO.1, adit was excavated from 1850-65, originally on a quartz-iron oxide lode for gold. Slate of the Saddleworth Formation was mined for building stone used locally, with limestone at the portal mined, and burnt to produce lime for mortar. Area is open ground marginal to a small creek and within the Adelaide metropolitan built up zone (2008).
Discovery Year
? 1850
Commodities
Slate
Ore Minerals
Gangue Minerals
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