List of opal fields in Australia

Andamooka White Cliffs Lightning Ridge Yowah Coober Pedy Quilpie Montabie Jumping Sure Kynuna Adavale Lambina Jundah Eromanga

Location map of major opal deposits in Australia

Boulder opal

Black opal

This list includes opal deposits in Australia with mining fields in which opals are mined commercially and systematically . Opal fields are located in three states, Queensland , New South Wales and South Australia . In 2007/2008, 95 to 97 percent of the world trade demand for opals was met from Australia .

Queensland

The boulder opal in particular is found in Queensland

• Yowah
• Koroit
• Toompine
• Quilpie
• Kyabra-Eromanga
• Bulgroo
• Yaraka
• Jundah
• Opalton Mayneside .

New South Wales

Lightning Ridge

Most of Australia's black opals are found in and around Lightning Ridge .

• The three mile
• Thorley's Six Mile
• Nobbys (or Old Nobby)
• New Nobby (or New Rush)
• Deep Four Mile McDonalds Six Mile (or The Six Mile)
• Rouses Six Mile
• Nine mile
• Nebea Hill
• Hawks Nest Soon
• New Chum and Old Chum
• Coocoran (20 km west of Lightning Ridge)
• Sheepyard (near Glengarry)
• Grawin: (42 km southwest of Lightning Ridge).
• Glengarry (4 km northeast of Garwin)
• Mulga Rush and Wee Warra North (between Grawin and Glengarry)
• Carters Rush (5 km northeast of Grawin)
• New Angledool (Mehi)

White Cliffs

• White Cliffs (main occurrence)

South Australia

Andamooka

Black opals are also found at Andamooka .

• Andamooka (main occurrence)
• Coward Cliff
• Charly Swamp
• Stuart Creek
• Yarra Wurtha Cliff
• Lake Hart

Coober Pedy

Light opal

In Coober Pedy it is mainly the light opals that are found.

• Coober Pedy (main deposit)
• Mount Braddy
• Teal Waterhol
• Crater
• Wold Duck Plain

Lambina

• Lambina
• Logins bank
• Broken Leg Waterhole
• Wellburn Hill
• Sarda Bluff
• Ouldburra Hill
• Eevinna Hill
• Eavinna Hill South
• England Hill
• Granite Down 1, 2 and 3
• Vesuvius

Mintabie

Black opals are also found in Mintabie.

• Mintabie (main occurrence)
• Wallatina

Myall Creek

• Myall Creek is a single opal field at Port Augusta .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ mines.industry.qld.gov.au ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Opal , in English, accessed March 3, 2012 
2. ↑ dpi.nsw.gov.au : Opalfields at Lightning Ridge in English, accessed March 3, 2012
3. ↑ pir.sa.gov.au ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Information on Department of Primary Industries and Regions of SA map , in English, accessed March 3, 2012 
4. ↑ pir.sa.gov.au ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 792 kB): Lambina Opalfields , in English, accessed on March 3, 2012