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Mountain of Light

Care & maintenance Copper

Mountain of Light is a copper mine currently on care and maintenance in South Australia, Australia. It is recorded at approximately -30.579, 138.451 (positional accuracy: 999 metres), and appears in this directory's consolidated register of Australian mines and quarries, built from government geological-survey data.

The site is recorded as being on care and maintenance — mothballed rather than closed, with infrastructure retained so operations could restart.

South Australia's geology and operations are documented in depth by the Geological Survey of South Australia; the sources for this page are listed below.

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Common questions

Is Mountain of Light still operating?

Mountain of Light is recorded as "Care & maintenance" in the most recent government dataset this directory ingested. Statuses can change between dataset releases.

What does Mountain of Light produce?

The recorded commodities are Copper.

Where is Mountain of Light?

In South Australia, at approximately -30.579, 138.451.

Who operates Mountain of Light?

The public datasets this directory uses don't record an operator for this mine. If you can help complete this record, use the correction link on this page.

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StatusCare & maintenance
TypeMine
CommoditiesCopper
StateSouth Australia
Coordinates-30.5789, 138.4513 (±999 metres)
MapOpen location ↗