"has remained that way to the present day. Tourism is a rapidly growing facet of the districts economy, with tourists visiting the area to see the opal mines and the unique underground lifestyle of the town. The town of Coober Pedy is the only locality in the district, but the council is not confined exclusively to the town area, and includes the neighbouring opal mining fields. The District Council of Coober Pedy has a directly-elected mayor. District Council of Coober Pedy The District Council of Coober Pedy is a local government area located around the opal mining town of the"
"Coober Pedy. After years of opal mining in South Australia, Elsie May and Hec relocated to Alice Springs in 1929 in search of gold. They mined mica in the Harz Ranges and sold it to the government for the war effort. Their house, ‘The Ritz’ on Parsons Street, was a hive of activity. Elsie May’s opal collection was widely regarded as one of the most impressive in the world. When Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh made a royal visit to Alice Springs in 1954, the Queen admired a piece of opal jewellery so much she asked if"
"producers, with parts of ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"", ""The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"", """" and ""Pitch Black"" having been filmed in the area. A rare exhibition cachet, signed by Coober Pedy Postmaster Alfred P. North, was discovered in Memphis, Tennessee on 3 February 2016. To date, it is the only known example of this cachet in the world. Coober Pedy Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. In the 2016 Census, there were 1,762 people in Coober Pedy (State Suburbs). Of these 962 were male and 801 were"
"and other outback homesteads. It carries the mail, general freight and passengers. Regional Express also has direct flights to Adelaide, from Coober Pedy Airport. In May 2009 South Australian Premier Mike Rann opened the $1.15 billion Prominent Hill Mine, South East of Coober Pedy. The copper-gold mine is operated by OZ Minerals. In August 2010 Premier Rann opened the Cairn Hill iron ore/copper/gold mine operated by IMX Resources near Coober Pedy. It was the first new iron ore mining area opened in South Australia since the 19th Century. Due to low iron ore prices, the Cairn Hill mine was closed"
"a major producer of matrix opal, crystal opal, and black opal. Another Australian town, Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, is the main source of black opal, opal containing a predominantly dark background (dark gray to blue-black displaying the play of color). Boulder opal consists of concretions and fracture fillings in a dark siliceous ironstone matrix. It is found sporadically in western Queensland, from Kynuna in the north, to Yowah and Koroit in the south. Its largest quantities are found around Jundah and Quilpie in South West Queensland. Australia also has opalized fossil remains, including dinosaur bones in New South"
"specimen in a mine at the Wee Warra geologic locality of the Griman Creek Formation, near the town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia during a routine mining run, and it was broken during excavation. Opal dealer Mike Poben, from Adelaide, first recognized as a fossil, after acquiring it in a bag of rough opals received from the miners. The specimen was noted for being preserved in green-blue opal, a gemstone the region is well known for. Palaeontologist Phil Bell was shown the specimen in 2014 and remarked upon its significance, and so Poben donated it to the Australian"
"of gold, nickel, copper, lead and zinc ores. Because of its size, the value of grazing and mining is considerable. Major mines and mining areas in the Outback include opals at Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge and White Cliffs, metals at Broken Hill, Tennant Creek, Olympic Dam and the remote Challenger Mine. Oil and gas are extracted in the Cooper Basin around Moomba. In Western Australia the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley is the world's biggest producer of natural diamonds and contributes approximately one-third of the world's natural supply. The Pilbara region's economy is dominated by mining and petroleum industries."
"Prominent Hill Mine The Prominent Hill Mine is a major copper, silver, and gold mine in north west South Australia, 130 km south-east of Coober Pedy, which has been developed by Oxiana Limited, later to become OZ Minerals. The deposit is an iron oxide copper gold style mineralisation. The mine has cost A$1.15 billion to develop, and it is projected to produce 100,000 tonnes of copper and 115,000 oz of gold in concentrates a year. Oxiana Limited decided to develop the mine in August 2006, having first got involved in the project in 2003 and having bought its partner, Minotaur"
"Tirari–Sturt stony desert The Tirari–Sturt stony desert is a large dry World Wildlife Fund ecoregion of southern Australia. The Tirari–Sturt stony desert ecoregion contains the gibber plains (desert pavement) and red sands of the large Sturt Stony Desert, the Tirari Desert to its southwest and the Flinders and Gawler Ranges to the south. The Tirari has more sand dunes than the Sturt Stony Desert and has also been the site of some important fossil findings. Towns of the ecoregion include the opal mining centre of Coober Pedy, famous for its underground dwellings. the climate is very hot with summer temperatures"
"moved to Coober Pedy, known as the ""opal capital of Australia"", because Rex believed he could make a fortune in mining opal. So far he's had little success. Ashmol, while he loves his sister, is frequently annoyed when she talks to her imaginary friends, and some of the kids at school tease the siblings because of them. Rex and Anne decide it is time to separate Kellyanne from her invisible companions. Annie takes Kellyanne to a Christmas party at Annie's friend's house, Rex telling her that he will let Pobby and Dingan come with him to go opal mining. Upon"
"Cervantes clearly show the limestone formation through the sedimentary process. At its thickest, the Tamala Limestone comprises the massive Zuytdorp Cliffs, up to 250 m high, extending for 150 km between Kalbarri, Western Australia and south of Steep Point. Because of its ready availability, Tamala Limestone is used extensively for landscaping and building in Western Australia and particularly for the main population centre of Perth. The two main sub-types quarried commercially are ""Carabooda Limestone"" and ""Moore River Limestone"". The Carabooda type is from the Wanneroo/Yanchep region close to Perth. It has a creamier colour and is slightly denser than Moore"
"the winter months (although precipitation is very low in all months). Extremes of annual rainfall since 1921 range from in 1929 to in 1973. Coober Pedy was flooded when of rainfall was recorded in 24 hours (which is over three-quarters of the mean annual rainfall) on 10 April 2014. Coober Pedy is situated on the edge of the erosional scarp of the Stuart Ranges, on beds of sand and siltstone deep and topped with a stony, treeless desert. Very little plant life exists in town due to the region's low rainfall, high cost of water, the sandstone and lack of"
"and ores of antimony, copper, manganese and tungsten. The town is also the place of the Yirrangadji Aboriginal Community. The Martu people make up the bulk of this population. Newly discovered iron ore deposits to the south-west may lead to a revival of the town. A company called BC Iron, which takes its name from the Bonnie creek “paleochannel” system of ancient river beds in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, believes it has a chance of proving up between 200 million and 600 million tonnes of pisolitic (pea-shaped) iron oxide in what was once a diamond exploration location. With"
"Kapunda Kapunda is a town on the Light River and near the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was established after a discovery in 1842 of significant copper deposits. The southern entrance to the town has been dominated since 1988 by the 8-metre-tall statue of Map Kernow (""the son of Cornwall""), a traditional Cornish miner. The statue was destroyed by a fire on the morning of 1 June 2006 but has since been rebuilt by its creator, Ben van Zetten. Francis Dutton and Charles Bagot, who both ran sheep in the area, discovered copper ore outcrops in 1842. They purchased"
"mined in Collingwood, Takaka, Nelson-Richmond, Baton, Heaphy, Karamea and Buller areas. Mount Arthur marble is used for buildings. Tertiary limestone is quarried to make cement. The sea to the northwest of the Nelson region are believed to have the potential for oil and gas. The main geological hazard is from earthquakes along the Alpine Fault or related faults. Earthquakes in surrounding areas, such as Murchison, Kaikoura, and Wellington also have the potential for damage. The Cobb Valley, with mafic and ultramafic rocks, serpentine, talc, and asbestos are of great interest. Abel Tasman National Park is of interest for limestone and"
"mine at Kennecott gave rise to Kennecott Copper Corporation, which outlasted the mine, and is still a major mining company. The deposit was discovered in 1900, and once a railroad connection was built, the mine operated from 1911 to 1938, after which Kennecott became a ghost town. The town is now a National Historic Landmark. The Pebble Mine is a proposed copper-gold-molybdenum mine. The deposit is a large porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, and if developed would be a major producer of those metals. Arizona has been a major copper producer since the 19th century. In 2006 Arizona was the leading copper-producing"
"moved to a nursing home in Adelaide. She died on 9 September. She is featured in the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Elsie May Jenkins Elsie ""Ma"" May Jenkins (née. Goodrich) (1889 – 9 September 1974) was an opal and mica miner who worked at Lightning Ridge and Coober Pedy in South Australia and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is best known as the “Opal Queen” referencing her impressive opal collection. Born Elsie May Goodrich in Victoria in 1889, Elsie was working as a circus equestrienne when she mechanic Hector Jenkins, also working in the"
"from the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. In 2014 and 2015, the individual trophies were created in the shape of an intricate diamond encrusted tennis racket and ball, using just under an ounce of 18-carat white, yellow and rose gold and approximately half an ounce of pink argyle diamonds. These trophies are valued at $26,000. Until 2012, the Hopman Cup was played at the Burswood Dome. Since 2013, the Hopman Cup has been played at the Perth Arena. Unlike other major international team tennis tournaments such as the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup, which"
"include the mines, the graveyard and the underground churches (the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church). There are several motels offering underground accommodation, ranging from a few rooms to the entire motel being a dug-out. The first tree ever seen in the town was welded together from scrap iron. It still sits on a hilltop overlooking the town. Coober Pedy has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: The District Council of Coober Pedy estimates the population to be around 3,500. Approximately 60% of the people are of European extraction, migrating from southern and eastern Europe after the Second World"
"the valley between Loe Bar and Helston as being built up from a depth of twenty-five feet of silt, upon a belt seven feet deep of sea sand, above layers of peat from the remains of vegetation or of the ancient forest, that once covered Mount's Bay. The extraction of metals in the Cober valley was carried out for centuries with silver and lead being mined at Wheal Pool (also known as Castle Wary mine) in 1780. In the mid-19th century tin-waste (leavings) from mines on Porkellis Moor was reducing the porosity of the bar. From Trenear to the Loe"
"the centre of the city, are built of Portland stone which was imported from Dorset. A widely used building stone in Cardiff is the yellow-grey Liassic limestone rock of the Vale of Glamorgan, including the very rare ""Sutton Stone"", a conglomerate of lias limestone and carboniferous limestone. Cardiff is bordered to the west by the rural district of the Vale of Glamorgan—also known as The Garden of Cardiff— to the east by the city of Newport, to the north by the South Wales Valleys and to the south by the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel. The River Taff winds through"
"PYBAR Mining services to continue underground mining operations from 1 July 2018. Downer is also a joint venture partner in the engineering, procurement and construction of above ground facilities. Carrapateena mine The Carrapateena mine is a large copper mine under development 100 km southeast of Olympic Dam in South Australia's Far North region. Carrapateena represents one of the largest copper reserves in Australia and in the world having estimated reserves of 292 million tonnes of ore grading 1.31% copper and 3.64 million oz of gold. It was discovered by explorer and metallurgist Rudie Gomez in 2005. The project was acquired"
"closed quarries are on the Donnybrook-Balingup Road. Donnybrook stone Donnybrook stone is a fine to medium-grained feldspathic and kaolinitic sandstone found near the town of Donnybrook, Western Australia. It originates from the early Cretaceous (144-132 MYA) and features shale partings and colour variations which range from white to beige and pink. Donnybrook stone is used as dimension stone in the building industry and is both a commercial name as well as a stratigraphic name. Many public and private buildings in Western Australia feature Donnybrook stone. These include the facade and portico to the Parliament House building in West Perth, the"
"as leis in Hawaii, which are now commonly associated with that area and its laid back, tourist-friendly attitude. Another example is the previously mentioned New Zealand tiki, which is generally one of the more purchased jewellery types from the country. Australia is notable for its large deposits of opals, with the country being the number one supplier of opals in the world. The richest source is at Lightning Ridge In some regions of the Pacific, jewellery is still very much untouched by outside influences, and therefore very primal. Testaments to this are parts of Borneo and Papua New Guinea, which"
"these stones are in Canberra, the capital city of Australia, sited between the parallel spans of the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, one of two major crossings of Lake Burley Griffin in the heart of the city. Stones from the bridge were also used to build a monument in Wellington, New Zealand, to Paddy the Wanderer, a dog that roamed the wharves from 1928 to 1939 and was befriended by seamen, watersiders, Harbour Board workers and taxi drivers. The monument, built in 1945, is on Queens Wharf, opposite the Museum of Wellington City & Sea. It includes a bronze likeness of Paddy,"
"heritage listed, and used as an adjunct to the adjoining community centre. The main industry in town is wheat farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site. A silicon producer, Simcoa, has a quartz mine close to the town. The mineral Simcoa mines there, Coomberdale chert, is situated in the Coomberdale (also known as Noondine) threatened ecological community which contains some threatened species such as Acacia aristulata and Cryptandra glabiflora. Coomberdale, Western Australia Coomberdale is a small town located along the Midlands Road between Moora and Watheroo in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It had 64"
"river and the surrounding hills are mostly used for grazing. Cockburn River Cockburn River , a perennial river that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises in the west slopes of Moonbi Range, near Limbri and then flows generally west south west, joined by four minor tributaries, towards its confluence with the Peel River at Nemingha; dropping over its course of . The river was first encountered by European explorers on 4 September 1818 during an expedition led by the Surveyor-General of"
"Mining Operation, located 55 km from Coober Pedy in South Australia, which produced 1.8Mtpa of a unique coarse-grained magnetite-copper DSO (Direct Shipping Ore) product. The product was mined and crushed on site before being trucked and railed to Port Adelaide, where it was then shipped to China. Cairn Hill was a joint venture between IMX Resources (51%) and Sichuan Taifeng (49%). The Cairn Hill Mining Operation was commissioned in May 2010 and commenced production in December 2010. From Cairn Hill, ore was trucked 58 km to the Rankin Dam rail siding, where it was loaded into specially designed open-top containers"
"Donnybrook stone Donnybrook stone is a fine to medium-grained feldspathic and kaolinitic sandstone found near the town of Donnybrook, Western Australia. It originates from the early Cretaceous (144-132 MYA) and features shale partings and colour variations which range from white to beige and pink. Donnybrook stone is used as dimension stone in the building industry and is both a commercial name as well as a stratigraphic name. Many public and private buildings in Western Australia feature Donnybrook stone. These include the facade and portico to the Parliament House building in West Perth, the General Post Office in Perth, the entry"
"under consideration in the Bowen Basin. The Goonyella railway line is the main route for exports of coal via Dalrymple Bay and Hay Point. Exports are also sent via the Port of Gladstone. Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Kestrel coal mine, near Emerald was named after a bird found in the area. Other mines in the basin include Foxleigh coal mine, Coppabella coal mine, Collinsville coal mine, Blair Athol coal mine, Middlemount coal mine, Yarrabee coal mine, South Walker Creek coal mine, Rolleston coal mine, Oaky Creek coal mine, Norwich Park coal mine, North Goonyella coal mine, Newlands coal mine, Moranbah"
"the builders of Goodrich and Raglan Castles for example. The Carboniferous Limestone has been used in castles at Chepstow, Pembroke and Carreg Cennen in South Wales and Penrhyn, Caernarfon, Beaumaris and Denbigh Castles in the north, amongst others. The 'Marble Church' at Bodelwyddan is built from locally sourced limestone (not marble). The Pennant Sandstone is widespread around the South Wales Coalfield where it has been extensively worked to provide building stone for everything from field walls, though the terrace housing typical of places like the Rhondda to edifices such as Crawshay's Cyfarthfa Castle at Merthyr Tydfil. Both Swansea and Caerphilly"
"the river and the extremely high rainfall of the catchment area make it one of the fastest moving rivers in the world. The roar from the river can be heard for many kilometres through the dense jungle of the district. The pristine river was devastated by the Ok Tedi environmental disaster, an enormous open pit copper/gold mine which discharges waste directly into the river. Until its recent seizure by the Papua New Guinea government the mine was owned by BHP Billiton, an Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. It is the world's largest mining company"
"of the paleolithic pottery from around Cornwall has been found to be made of gabbroic clay, such as the sherds at the Neolithic site of Carn Brea at Redruth. Beaker Pottery<br> St. Keverne has yielded an exceptional amount of Beaker pottery. The Beaker Mound at Poldowrian has yielded one of the finest caches of Beaker pottery in Cornwall. Bronze Age<br> Goonhilly Downs contains over 65 Bronze Age barrows, as well as the ""dry tree"" standing stone. A Bronze Age standing stone exists at Tremenheere, which means ""Standing Stone Farm"" (""Tre"" = place/farm, ""Menhir"" = standing stone) and there is another"