Copper's Comeback Kid: Peak Downs Revitalized by Moonlight Resources The dusty old mines of central Queensland have long been a source of fascination for geologists and prospectors.
Few places evoke the same sense of history as the Peak Downs copper field, which has yielded its secrets to miners for over 160 years.
Between 1862 and 1877, approximately 100,000 tonnes of secondary ore averaging 17% copper were extracted from a lode system stretching nearly 2. 5 kilometers.