__NOTOC__ Ediacara is a

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in the state of

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, located about north of the state capital of

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and about to the south west of the town of Leigh Creek. It includes the

Nilpena Ediacara National Park __NOTOC__ Nilpena Ediacara National Park, which includes the former Ediacara Conservation Park, is a protected area located in the northern Flinders Ranges, in the state of South Australia. It is located about around north of Adelaide city cent ...

, and the

Ediacara Hills Ediacara Hills ( ), also known as Ediacaran Hills, are a range of low hills in the northern part of the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, around north of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide. They are within the Nilpena Ediaca ...

, which lie within that park.

History

The area has a history of

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

, first reported in 1888. An area became known as the Ediacara Mines after more

costean Costeaning is the process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consists in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such ma ...

s were dug. Attempts to mine the area were carried out as recently as 1967 by C.R.A. Exploration, which used

diamond drilling Exploration diamond drilling is used in the mining industry to probe the contents of known ore deposits and potential sites. By withdrawing a small diameter core of rock from the orebody, geologists can analyze the core by Metallurgical assay, ch ...

to explore the ground, but this was abandoned after they proved fruitless. As of 2012, the area was still able to be accessed for "licensed mineral exploration or mining activities". The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to "the long established local name". Its name is derived from the use of "Ediacara" in the names of features such as Ediacara Range.

Location and description

The locality of Ediacara is located about north of the state capital of

and about to the south west of the town of Leigh Creek. It lies within the federal

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, the state electoral district of

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, the

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of South Australia, and the state's Far North region. The land use within Ediacara is mainly concerned with the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

known as the

, which was created after the former Ediacara Conservation Park was expanded by in June 2021.

References

{{authority control Towns in South Australia Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia Far North (South Australia)

History

Location and description

See also

References