Resource
Magnetite (Fe3O4), Copper (Cu), Gold (Au)
The Cairn Hill ore bodies occur within deformed Paleoproterozoic iron-rich sediments in the Mount Woods Inlier in the northern Gawler Craton.
Location
55 km south east of Coober Pedy, 16 km from the Stuart Highway and 90 km from the Wirrida Siding on the Tarcoola to Alice Springs railway.
Company and tenement information
- In January 2015 Cu-River Mining Australia Pty Ltd took over ownership of the Cairn Hill mine.
- Cairn Hill tenement information can be found on the South Australian Resources Information Gateway (SARIG)
Mining operation and current status
- Open pit
- Operating
Approval process
- Mining lease granted April 2008
- Revised program for environment protection and rehabilitation for Cairn Hill Mine approved by South Australian Government in October 2017 allowing for an extension to the operations
Documents and reports
Mining lease proposal
Program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR)
- Main document and approval letter
- Appendices
- Cairn Hill Magnetite-Copper Gold Project - Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation (PEPR): Appendices A–E (PDF 59 MB)
- Cairn Hill Magnetite-Copper Gold Project - Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation (PEPR): Appendix F (PDF 64 MB)
- Cairn Hill Magnetite-Copper Gold Project - Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation (PEPR): Appendices G–I (PDF 57 MB)
Mining compliance report
- Cairn Hill Annual Compliance Report, 2020-2021 (PDF 30 MB)
More information
For more information about this mining operation contact DEM.MiningRegRehab@sa.gov.au
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