BURRA BURRA mine

Associated with the American Federation of Mineral Societies BURRA BURRA MINE
Ducktown, TN.
Member of the Southeast Federation of Mineral Societies

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Click here for pictures of the Museum, Burra Burra Mine, and the Central Headframe.

"MINERALS AND MINING OF THE COPPER BASIN"
by Kim Cochran

BURRA BURRA MINE
Historic Mine Site
Ducktown Basin Museum
Ducktown, TN.
(423)496-5778
Ken Rush - Museum Director
(Collecting by appointment only - call ahead!)

In 1983, the Burra Burra Mine Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The State of Tennessee purchased the Museum on March 9, 1988 to be the first state-owned historic industrial site. Come and visit the unique Copper Basin. Discover their history in the Ducktown Basin Museum, enjoy the very special scenery of the region, and meet the people. Collect garnets and massive pyrite.

**Museum Hours:**
November to April Monday through Saturday 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM	May to October Monday through Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
COLLECTING FEES: (by appointment only) Admission fees to the Ducktown Basin Museum and to the tailings are the following:	$3.00 per adult $1.00 for 13 years to 18 years $0.50¢ for children 12 and under

The Ducktown Basin Museum is located on the historic Burra Burra mine site where 300 acres of denuded land has been set aside as a memorial to the devastation of the Copper Basin. After you finish your visit at the Museum, you can drive a short distance to the Central headframe where you will be able to inspect the massive machinery used to power the cables that had lifted the ore from the underground mines into the headframe and onto the railroad cars. You are NO LONGER allowed to collect garnets and massive pyrite (no cubes) on the Central headframe grounds. It has been reported that the Museum has relocated a portion of the tailings piles from the mine to the Museum grounds for the purposes of specimen collecting.

COLLECTING:Garnet, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Actinolite.

DIRECTIONS: (Atlanta) From the I-75/I-575 north interchange, take I-575 north. Follow the four lanes as it turns into SR 5 at Nelson and US 76(SR 5, SR 515) at East Ellijay. Turn left onto SR 5 at the Blue Ridge McDonalds and continue on to Mccaysville. At Copperhill, SR 5 becomes SR 68. Follow this highway to Ducktown. The Museum is located on your right about 3/4 of a mile past US 64. Watch for the sign!

Drive Time: (Atlanta) It should take 2 hours for this 101 mile trip to Ducktown, Tennessee.