Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 440
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 16656
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16656.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Painter Area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bentley Greenwood Prospect
Commonwealth Mine
Corundum Mine
East Painter Prospect
Mount Painter No. 2 Workings
Mount Painter No. 6 Workings
Mount Painter No. 7 Workings
Mount Painter No. 8 Workings
Radium Creek (Median Section)
Radium Ridge
Smiler Greenwood Prospect

Latitude: 30°13'11"S
Longitude: 139°20'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.219722222222,139.34722222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Schoepite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Si Ti U V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe Mg O S Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Autunite Baryte Beryl Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Corundum Covellite Crichtonite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Schoepite Spinel Sulphur Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Billietite ()*	Boltwoodite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Curite ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*
Dewindtite ()*	Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Françoisite-(Ce) ()*	Françoisite-(Nd) ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ishikawaite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metaschoepite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Opal ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Paulscherrerite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schoepite ()*	Schorl ()*	Soddyite ()*
Spinel ()*	Spriggite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wakefieldite-(Ce) ()*	Weeksite ()*
Witherite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	394	390	2	11939,11946	3419
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	394	390	2	11942,11943	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	394	390	3	11939,11941,11942	11547
Billietite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	394	390	1	11942	38
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	394	390	1	11942	67
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	394	390	1	11943	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	394	390	1	11946	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	394	390	1	11939	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	394	390	1	11939	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	394	390	1	11939	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	394	390	1	11940	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	394	390	1	11940	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	394	390	1	11939	4165
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	394	390	1	11942	51
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	394	390	2	11943,11945	31
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	394	390	1	11942	82
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	394	390	2	11942,11946	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	394	390	1	11940	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	394	390	2	11940,11942	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	394	390	4	11941,11942,11944,11948	9617
Françoisite-(Ce) ()*	None	Ce(UO₂)₃O(OH)(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	394	390	1	11942	2
Françoisite-(Nd) ()*	None	Nd(UO₂)₃O(OH)(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	394	390	1	11942	5
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	394	390	5	11939,11941,11942,11943,11944	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	394	390	8	11938,11939,11941,11942,11943,11946,11947,11948	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	394	390	0		5433
Ishikawaite ()*	Columbite	(U,Fe,Y)NbO₄	394	390	1	11942	24
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	394	390	1	11942	198
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	394	390	1	11943	1271
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	None	Mg₃BeAl₈O₁₆	394	390	0		18
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	394	390	2	11939,11941	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	394	390	1	11939	12537
Metaschoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₈O₂(OH)₁₂·10H₂O	394	390	1	11942	17
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	394	390	3	11938,11942,11944	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	394	390	1	11945	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	394	390	1	11941	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	394	390	2	11940,11942	945
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	394	390	1	11942	2994
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	394	390	1	11942	144
Paulscherrerite ()*	None	(UO₂)(OH)₂	394	390	1	11942	3
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	394	390	1	11940	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	394	390	2	11939,11941	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	394	390	1	11943	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	394	390	5	11939,11942,11944,11946,11947	61156
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	394	390	1	11942	58
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	394	390	2	11940,11945	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	394	390	1	11942	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	394	390	1	11939	4894
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	394	390	1	11942	94
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	394	390	1	11940	2705
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	394	390	2	11942,11943	44
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	394	390	1	11940	1934
Spriggite ()*	None	Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₈(OH)₂·3H₂O	394	390	1	11942	1
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	394	390	0		2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	394	390	3	11940,11942,11946	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	394	390	7	11938,11941,11942,11943,11944,11945,11948	1059
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	394	390	1	11940	458
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	394	390	1	11947	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	394	390	5	11939,11941,11942,11943,11948	890
Wakefieldite-(Ce) ()*	Zircon	CeVO₄	394	390	1	11946	9
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O	394	390	1	11942	42
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	394	390	1	11939	251
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	394	390	1	11942	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	394	390	1	11939	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000545	One of several Uranium and Radium prospects in the Arkaroola area of Australia

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_127	394	390	392±2	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			157410	Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Arkaroola Pegm	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Giersdorf_00000545	440	440	440		Paleomagnetic data of the area suggests at least 2 major hydrothermal events affected the area after the age of the titanite given	low						Titanite		17632	Radium Ridge, Mt Painter Area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Radium Ridge	Meisser et al. (2010)	10.2138/am.2010.3413	AM95_1527	Age of intrusion of the British Empire Granite

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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