State register · SA
South Australia
Home to one of the world’s great copper–uranium–gold systems, the historic Copper Coast, and most of Australia’s opal.
124
sites in the register
63
operating
11
care & maintenance
50
in development
The districts
Eyre Peninsula
Iron ore and a rising graphite–kaolin province.
Copper Coast and Mid North
Moonta, Kadina and Burra — the Cornish copper towns of the 1840s–60s.
south east of SA
Limestone and construction materials country.
Most-recorded commodities
Operating · 63
Andamooka Opal Ardrossan Dolomite · quarry Bluff Road Quarry Hard rock & aggregate, Dolomite · quarry Buzzard Iron ore Callington Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry Carrapateena Copper, Gold, Silver Clinton Heinrich Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry Clinton Sand Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry Coober Pedy Opal Eucla Basin (Jacinth Ambrosia, Atacama, Typhoon, Sonoran, Tripitaka) Mineral sands Farrell Flat Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Four Mile Uranium Four Mile East Uranium Four Mile West Uranium Glenshera Sand Mine Silica sand · quarry Golden Grove Extractive Industries Zone Sand & gravel, Kaolin & clay · quarry Goolwa Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Hartley Quarry Limestone · quarry Honeymoon Uranium Jacinth-Ambrosia Mineral sands Kalimna Road Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Kanmantoo Copper, Gold Kanmantoo Bluestone Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Kapunda Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Klein Point Quarry Limestone · quarry Kulpara Quarry Dolomite, Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Lake Macdonnell Gypsum Linwood Quarry Limestone · quarry Lobethal Quarry Limestone · quarry Maslin Beach Sand Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry McLaren Vale Quarry Limestone · quarry Middleback Range Iron ore Middleback Ranges Iron ore Mindarie Mineral sands Mindarie Mineral sands Mintabie Opal Montacute Quarry Dolomite · quarry Mount Compass - Sand & Loam Sand & gravel · quarry Mt McIntyre Quarry Salt · quarry Myrtle Springs Magnesite Olympic Dam Copper, Uranium, Gold, Silver Para Hills Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Peculiar Knob Iron ore Penrice Quarry Limestone · quarry Port Lincoln Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Price Sand Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry Prominent Hill Copper, Gold, Silver Rosedale Quarry Dolomite, Dimension stone, Limestone, Sand & gravel · quarry Rowland Flat Sand Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry Salisbury Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Salt Creek Magnesite Sandy Creek Sand Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry Sellicks Hill Quarry Limestone, Dolomite · quarry Spalding Quarry Dolomite · quarry Stirling North Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Stonyfell Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry Tooperang Sand Quarry Sand & gravel · quarry Truro Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Victor Harbor Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry White Dam Gold, Copper White Dam - Olary Gold White Rock Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry Whyalla Quarry Hard rock & aggregate · quarry
Care & maintenance · 11
Angas Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper Care & maintenance Beltana Zinc Care & maintenance Beverley Uranium Care & maintenance Cairn Hill Iron ore, Copper, Gold Care & maintenance Challenger Gold Care & maintenance Dry Creek Salt Field Salt · quarry Care & maintenance Mountain of Light Copper Care & maintenance Portia Gold Care & maintenance Reynella Quarry Dimension stone · quarry Care & maintenance Tarcoola Gold, Silver Care & maintenance Uley Graphite Care & maintenance
In development · 50
Alford East Copper, Gold In development Atacama Mineral sands In development Bungalow Iron ore In development Campoona Graphite In development Central Eyre Iron Project Iron ore In development Central Eyre Iron-Warramboo (Iron Road) Iron ore In development Crocker Well Uranium In development Elizabeth Creek Copper, Cobalt, Silver, Zinc In development Eyre Magnetite Project Iron ore In development Flinders Zinc In development Fremantle Doctor Copper, Gold, Silver In development Glenelg Dolomite Quarry Dolomite · quarry In development Gould's Dam Uranium In development Grants Iron ore In development Great White Kaolin & clay In development Hammerhead Kaolin & clay In development Hawks Nest Iron ore In development Hillside Copper, Gold In development Jamieson Tank Manganese In development Junction Dam Uranium In development Kalkaroo Copper, Gold, Cobalt, Rare earth elements In development Kapunda Copper In development Khamsin Copper, Gold, Silver In development Kookaburra Gully Graphite In development Koppamurra Rare earth elements In development Maldorky Iron ore In development Menninnie Dam Lead, Zinc, Silver In development Mount Hope Kaolin & clay In development Muster Dam Iron ore In development Mutooroo Copper, Cobalt, Gold In development Nain Dolomite · quarry In development North Portia Copper, Gold, Molybdenum In development Oak Dam Copper, Gold, Uranium, Silver In development Oakdale Graphite In development Olary Flats Iron ore In development Paris Silver, Lead In development Paris Silver Project Silver, Lead In development Phillipson Coal In development Razorback Iron ore In development Samphire Uranium In development Siviour Graphite In development Snaefell Iron ore In development Sonoran Mineral sands In development Tripitaka Mineral sands In development Tunkillia Gold In development Typhoon Mineral sands In development Uley Graphite Graphite In development Wilcherry Weednanna Project Gold, Iron ore In development Wilgerup Iron ore In development Wudinna Gold, Rare earth elements In development
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Sources for this page
- Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS) — licensed CC BY 3.0 AU , retrieved 2026-08-24
- Government of South Australia — SARIG major mines & quarries — licensed CC BY , retrieved 2026-08-24
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