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Locality Name:
Blinman, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 16865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blinman, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Blinman Mines
Eregunda Mine
Flinders Range Mine
Mount Rugged Mine
Oratunga Mine
Wepowie Mine
Wheal Friendship (Rocky Knob; Rocky Knob Extended)
Youngs Cobalt Mine (Young's Mine)

Latitude: 31°3'31"S
Longitude: 138°40'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.058611111111,138.67083333333

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite
Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite
Copiapite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	11984,11986	2793
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	11986	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	630	630	1	11979	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	630	630	1	11979	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	630	630	3	11979,11985,11986	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	630	630	1	11979	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	11982	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	630	630	1	11979	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	630	630	5	11979,11980,11982,11984,11986	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	11984	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	630	630	4	11979,11982,11985,11986	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	630	630	4	11979,11982,11985,11986	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	11986	966
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	11983	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	630	630	1	11979	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	630	630	1	11979	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	630	630	2	11979,11986	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	11986	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	630	630	2	11979,11984	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	630	630	2	11979,11980	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	11984	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	630	630	2	11979,11986	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	630	630	6	11979,11982,11983,11984,11985,11986	12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	11986	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	630	1	11979	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	11980	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	11984	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	630	4	11979,11980,11983,11984	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	11982,11983,11984,11986	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	11984	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	11986	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	11980	433

1 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
	sedcu-00034	630	630	U. Proterozoic										Cu	8744	Blinman Mines, Blinman, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Blinman	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050238	Blinman, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R050238

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