Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iron Duke Complex, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 214479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Duke Complex, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Iron Chieftain
Iron Duchess
Iron Duke Mine
Iron Knight Mine
Iron Magnet Mine

Latitude: 33°15'8"S
Longitude: 137°6'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.252222222222,137.11194444444

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Dufrénite
Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc
Turquoise	Wardite	Wavellite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millisite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Phosphosiderite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Strengite ()*	Talc ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*
Wardite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Dufrénite
Kaolinite Malachite None Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc
Turquoise Wardite Wavellite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	11831	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	11831	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	11831,11832	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	11831	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	11831	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	11830,11831,11832	27198
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	11830	310
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	2	11830,11832	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	11830,11831,11832	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	3	11830,11831,11832	139
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	11830,11832	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	11830,11831,11832	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	11830,11831,11832,11833	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	11830,11831,11832	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	3	11830,11831,11832	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	11830,11831,11832,11833	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	11830,11831	12537
Millisite ()*	Wardite	NaCaAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₉·3H₂O	1	11830	12
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	11832	112
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	11830,11831,11832	471
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	11832	182
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	11830,11832	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	11831,11832	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	11830,11831,11832	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	11830,11831,11832	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	11830,11831,11832	6417
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	11830,11832	263
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	11830,11831,11832	3337
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	11830	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	11830	301
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	2	11830,11832	58
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	11830	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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