Prominent Hill

Prominent Hill is an operating copper, gold and silver mine in 650 km NW of Adelaide, 130 km NW of Olympic Dam and 130 km SE of Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia. It is recorded at approximately -29.718, 135.578, and appears in this directory's consolidated register of Australian mines and quarries, built from government geological-survey data.

The site is recorded as operating. Status reflects the most recent government dataset this directory ingested; operations can change between dataset releases.

From the Geological Survey of South Australia's project notes: Large open-pit of copper-gold-silver mineralisation that has transitioned into an underground mining operation.

Additional recorded details — the recorded operator is BHP Group Pty Ltd; recorded mining start: 27/02/2009; published resource summary: Underground: 162 Mt at 0.94% Cu, 0.81 g/t Au, 3 g/t Ag Surface stocks: 6.6 Mt at 0.18% Cu, 0.5 g/t Au, 0.53 g/t Ag.

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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