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Locality Name:
Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 157410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 65
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Arkaroola Bore
Great Boulder Mine
Lady Buxton Mine
Lively's Mine (Golden Rule Mine)
Mawson Plateau - Paralana Hot Springs Area
Mount Fitton Homestead
Mt Gee
Mt Gee East Valley
Mt Jacob Mine
Mt Neil Area
Mt Painter Area
Parabarana Hill
Sitting Bull Area
The Pinnacles Pegmatites
Welcome Mine
Wheal Hancock
Wywyana Park
Yudnamutana District

Latitude: 30°13'30"S
Longitude: 139°23'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.225,139.38861111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArsenopyriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBranneriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHumiteKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePhosphuranylitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SchoepiteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineTridymiteVivianiteVolborthiteWurtziteZircon

146 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Billietite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinobisvanite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Curite  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)Dewindtite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dreyerite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Françoisite-(Ce)  (*)Françoisite-(Nd)  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ishikawaite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Metaschoepite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Paulscherrerite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schoepite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Spriggite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wakefieldite-(Ce)  (*)
Weeksite  (*)Willemite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3943901119142793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)26303901411913,11915,11939,11946,11953,11958,11959,11962,11964,11966,11967,11972,11975,119773419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3943901119138803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23943901119592162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5630390311933,11974,119771310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3943901119262734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O394390111964445
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2394390111959718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4394390111929708
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2394390111913295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS394390411921,11950,11951,119619052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3394390411914,11954,11965,11975544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6394390111926919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O394390311937,11942,119431272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)26303902211914,11915,11918,11926,11927,11929,11930,11932,11951,11958,11959,11960,11961,11963,11965,11967,11968,11969,11973,11975,11976,119775509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)394390611933,11939,11941,11942,11962,1196311547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183943901119234286
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O39439011194238
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3394390111964214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi394390211964,119691966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3394390211951,119641935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)394390111964716
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O39439011194267
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4394390311913,11951,119645516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6394390211919,11943248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6394390211918,119661633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6303901311913,11926,11933,11946,11951,11953,11958,11962,11964,11966,11969,11975,1197727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)394390211926,119394979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4394390111926352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O394390111959925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S6303901411914,11915,11926,11929,11930,11939,11951,11961,11965,11966,11972,11975,11976,119775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26303901911915,11921,11926,11929,11930,11933,11939,11950,11951,11959,11961,11962,11963,11964,11966,11967,11969,11974,1197727198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2394390111931285
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O630390811915,11918,11926,11927,11951,11966,11968,119773531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3943901119262600
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)39439011191636
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83943901119261756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)394390211927,119511025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)394390111968363
Copper  (*)CopperCu394390411926,11929,11930,119513846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183943901119401008
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4394390111968109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4394390311961,11968,11970175
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33943901119401797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS394390611914,11926,11930,11939,11951,119664165
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2394390111913327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O6303901311915,11951,11958,11960,11961,11962,11965,11966,11968,11973,11974,11975,119772970
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O39439011194251
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)38394390211943,1194531
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O39439011194282
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3943901119261027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6394390211942,119464135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2394390211931,119649895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)394390111951648
Dreyerite  (*)ZirconBi(VO4)3943901119164
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)394390111926220
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)394390111940520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)394390311913,11951,119628173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O394390111961484
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F394390211940,119422740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2394390811926,11933,11934,11941,11942,11944,11948,119519617
Françoisite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCe(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2·6H2O3943901119422
Françoisite-(Nd)  (*)NoneNd(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2·6H2O3943901119425
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS394390311926,11933,1195124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3943901011914,11915,11921,11939,11941,11942,11943,11944,11966,119747437
Gold  (*)CopperAu630390611916,11950,11951,11970,11975,1197730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3943901119512812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS394390111921717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O630390211933,119776890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36303902711914,11915,11921,11935,11938,11939,11941,11942,11943,11946,11947,11948,11951,11953,11958,11959,11960,11962,11964,11966,11968,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,1197714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3943901119261689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O439439011192673
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63943901119261066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3394390511913,11916,11937,11951,119535433
Ishikawaite  (*)Columbite(U,Fe,Y)NbO439439011194224
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6394390211926,119562228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4394390211968,119765591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O394390211918,11942198
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O394390311913,11943,119511271
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)394390211914,11955234
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)NoneMg3BeAl8O1639439011193718
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46303901411913,11915,11939,11941,11951,11952,11953,11958,11960,11966,11967,11972,11976,1197714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26303903111914,11915,11918,11926,11929,11930,11932,11935,11939,11951,11954,11955,11958,11959,11960,11961,11962,11963,11964,11965,11966,11967,11968,11969,11970,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,1197712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23943901119515674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O630390211959,11977915
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O39439011194217
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O394390711921,11937,11938,11942,11944,11951,11967443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)394390211915,119454924
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O394390111961168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2394390411921,11941,11950,119515800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)394390311923,11940,11942945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O394390211933,119721508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2394390211923,1195117380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)394390211968,11970492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O394390211933,119422994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)394390211951,119532349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O394390111942144
Paulscherrerite  (*)None(UO2)(OH)23943901119423
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)394390111915326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2394390211937,119402273
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2394390111926142
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2394390111926158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6394390111926477
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23943901119131898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4630630111977369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26303901711915,11921,11926,11939,11941,11950,11951,11956,11959,11961,11962,11964,11966,11967,11969,11974,1197739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23943901119433106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl394390211918,119261725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83943901119519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26303903711913,11914,11915,11921,11929,11930,11932,11933,11937,11939,11942,11944,11946,11947,11950,11951,11953,11954,11958,11959,11960,11961,11962,11963,11964,11965,11966,11967,11968,11969,11970,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,1197761156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2394390111926454
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)39439011194258
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2394390511914,11916,11940,11945,119615614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8394390111942353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)630390311930,11939,119774894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)639439011194294
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3943901119402705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O394390111913390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)630390811913,11926,11951,11962,11963,11964,11969,119776417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3943901119265186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3943901119262473
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2394390211942,1194344
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33943901119231214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS394390511921,11926,11933,11950,1195121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4394390211937,119401934
Spriggite  (*)NonePb3(UO2)6O8(OH)2·3H2O3943901119421
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)394390111926446
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS394390211937,119562045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2394390511915,11926,11931,11958,119723337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO394390611950,11954,11955,11973,11974,119751101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13394390211915,119265317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)3943901119211006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O630390911913,11940,11942,11946,11951,11961,11964,11966,119774899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3943901111921,11937,11938,11941,11942,11943,11944,11945,11948,11967,119731059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2630390711926,11931,11953,11958,11959,11968,119772562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2394390111940458
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2394390311921,11947,119672718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O394390711926,11939,11941,11942,11943,11948,11967890
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O394390111961155
Wakefieldite-(Ce)  (*)ZirconCeVO43943901119469
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O39439011194242
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4394390111926303
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)394390111939251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43943901119261655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)394390111942939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)394390211914,119395251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000545One of several Uranium and Radium prospects in the Arkaroola area of Australia


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_127394390392±2Ar/Ar muscovite   Muscovite  157410Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaArkaroola PegmMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Giersdorf_00000545440440440 Paleomagnetic data of the area suggests at least 2 major hydrothermal events affected the area after the age of the titanite givenlow    Titanite 17632Radium Ridge, Mt Painter Area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaRadium RidgeMeisser et al. (2010)10.2138/am.2010.3413AM95_1527Age of intrusion of the British Empire Granite
sedcu-00032630630U. Proterozoic       Cu26702Yudnamutana Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaYudnamutanaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110146Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R110146

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