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Locality Name:
Mount Painter No. 2 Workings, Mt Painter Area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 16646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Painter No. 2 Workings, Mt Painter Area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°13'14"S
Longitude: 139°19'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.220555555556,139.33194444444
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: Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Si Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Si Ti U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAutuniteBaryteColumbiteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteMonaziteNone
PhosphuranylitePyroxeneQuartzSchoepiteTitaniteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Billietite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Curite  (*)
Dewindtite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Françoisite-(Ce)  (*)
Françoisite-(Nd)  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ishikawaite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Metaschoepite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Paulscherrerite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schoepite  (*)
Soddyite  (*)Spriggite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Weeksite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O39439001272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)394390011547
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O394390038
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O394390067
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O394390051
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O394390082
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O639439004135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F39439002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239439009617
Françoisite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCe(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2·6H2O39439002
Françoisite-(Nd)  (*)NoneNd(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2·6H2O39439005
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)39439007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3394390014640
Ishikawaite  (*)Columbite(U,Fe,Y)NbO4394390024
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O3943900198
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O394390017
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3943900443
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3943900945
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O39439002994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3943900144
Paulscherrerite  (*)None(UO2)(OH)239439003
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2394390061156
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)394390058
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O83943900353
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6394390094
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2394390044
Spriggite  (*)NonePb3(UO2)6O8(OH)2·3H2O39439001
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39439004899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O39439001059
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3943900890
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O394390042
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)3943900939


1 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  YesMuscovite  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 

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