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Locality Name:
Spriggs Creek Bore (Spriggs Bore), Ambalindum Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 209095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spriggs Creek Bore (Spriggs Bore), Ambalindum Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
'Western Diggings' Iolite Deposit
Atrichs Mine (Atrichs Mica Mine)
Inkamulla Sapphire Deposit
Mistral Kyanite Deposits
Mistral Quartz Deposits
Mistral Ruby Mine (Hillrise Prospect)
Mistral Vermiculite Deposit
Shaw's Iolite Deposit
Spriggs Camp
Spriggs Creek Bore Area Garnet Deposits
Un-named Epidote Deposit
Un-named Epidote Deposit No.2
Un-named Kyanite Deposit
Valley Bore
Walter Smith Prospect

Latitude: 23°4'58"S
Longitude: 135°5'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.082777777778,135.09944444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ti W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	10651	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	10639	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	10642,10646	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	10642	1036
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	10638	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	10642,10647,10651	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	10637,10644	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	10637,10639,10642,10644,10647	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	10639,10642	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	10642	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	10642,10647,10648	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	10651	9617
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	10637,10640,10644,10649	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	10651	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	10650	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	10651	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	10638,10639,10642,10645	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	10638,10640,10641,10642,10645,10648,10650	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	10648	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	10651	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	10650	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	10641,10642	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	10638,10642	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	10642	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	10643	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	10648	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2	10642,10643	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	10642	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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