Copper | Geoscience Australia
A mixture of copper, iron and sulfur is called chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2) or 'fool's gold', and tricked many an oldtime prospector! Chalcopyrite in Australia is found in rocks that are more than 250 million years old. ... The first major discovery of copper in Australia was at Kapunda in South Australia in 1842 when Francis Dutton found copper ore ...