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Wheal Turner Mine Ruins - SA

Wheal Turner Mine Ruins

Mine

Position

DEG: -30.2124 139.238

DMS: 30º 12' 44.64" S 139º 14' 16.82" E

UTM: 54 J 6656366mN 330409mE

Altitude: 611.94m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Mine

Location

526.45kms North of Adelaide - Driving 681 km (13 hours 4 mins)

Address & Contact

Old Camel Ped Foot Track
Arkaroola Village SA 5710

Phone: N/A

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Information

A copper mine. Also known as the Red Bluff Mine. This mine sits half way up a steep bluff of red quartzite. The quartzite is cross-cut by numerous quartz veins and the copper mineralisation is hosted by these veins.

It should be noted that "Wheal" is Cornish for mine so the correct locality name probably should be Wheal Turner and not Wheal Turner Mine or mines. Cornish miners were the original miners here.

PlaceID	107707

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Arkaroola at 02/03:00pm CST

Distance from Wheal Turner Mine Ruins 14.42km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
20.5°C	19.6°C	49%	9.4°C	hPa	0.0mm	E	4km/hr 2knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Arkaroola

Distance from Wheal Turner Mine Ruins 14.42km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	34.3	33.2	29.8	25.2	20.2	16.8	16.5	19.0	23.3	26.5	30.0	32.6
Mean Min. °C	20.1	19.3	15.8	11.1	7.1	4.4	3.3	4.6	8.1	11.6	15.5	17.7
Mean Rain mm	33.3	39.1	31.1	14.3	17.2	15.0	15.2	14.2	15.3	19.4	17.8	24.8