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Locality Name:
Beltana Mine (E.Z. Mine; Beltana Deposit; Beltana-Aroona Deposit; Puttapa Mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 19174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beltana Mine (E.Z. Mine; Beltana Deposit; Beltana-Aroona Deposit; Puttapa Mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Aroona Mine

Latitude: 30°36'3"S
Longitude: 138°21'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.600833333333,138.36611111111

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCoronaditeCorundumGypsumNatrochalcite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksaltSartoriteSphaleriteTitaniteVivianite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)Austinite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Baumhauerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Doloresite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Finnemanite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Larsenite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scholzite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tilasite  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)020
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)071
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Baumhauerite  (*)SartoritePb12As16S36015
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O0197
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16112026227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Doloresite  (*)NoneV4+3O4(OH)4023
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5034
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Finnemanite  (*)ApatitePb5(As3+O3)3Cl02
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl11202648
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160243
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O060
Larsenite  (*)NoneZnPb(SiO4)06
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1120261107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O0124
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O020
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1120262473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F034
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O029
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4112026303



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