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Locality Name:
Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 17493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Angas Property
Crinnis Copper Mine
Howards Quarry
Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry)
Penrice Marble Quarry

Latitude: 34°29'39"S
Longitude: 139°2'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.494166666667,139.04777777778
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AldermaniteAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteBaryteBerauniteCalcioferriteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChildreniteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeDufréniteGarnetGypsumKaolinite
LaueiteLeucophosphiteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerhamitePhosphofibritePyrite
QuartzRockbridgeiteRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelThomsoniteTurquoiseVivianiteWarditeWavellite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Aldermanite  (*)Angastonite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcioferrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)
Childrenite  (*)Copper  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Gordonite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Meurigite-Na  (*)
Minyulite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Opal  (*)Perhamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Strengite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tinticite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aldermanite  (*)Aldermanite[Mg(H2O)6][Na(H2O)2Al3(PO4)2(OH)6]·H2O212179,121805
Angastonite  (*)NoneCaMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)4·7H2O1121801
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1121803250
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O11217922
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21121775509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11217911547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2083
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O112179136
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41121805516
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O112179280
Calcioferrite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgFe3+4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O1121799
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)212179,1218027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1121775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2212177,1218027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O11217977
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O11217993
Copper  (*)CopperCu1121773846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6212179,12180310
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O11217960
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O112179139
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O212179,1218040
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F212179,121802740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)212179,121807437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6112179121
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O11218018
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1121806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3312177,12179,1218014640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH112179367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61121792228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41121795591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O112179110
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4212177,1218014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211217712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)112180770
Meurigite-Na  (*)Phosphofibrite[Na(H2O)2.5][Fe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]1121797
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O212179,1218031
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O112179129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2212179,1218017380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O11217946
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O112178471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O212176,121772994
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O212179,1218019
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2212179,1218039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21121803106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81121809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2312177,12179,1218061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5112179206
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O112179301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1121796417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31121801214
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O112179263
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O112179452
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O11217919
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O112179484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O112179301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O112179652
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O112179636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O212179,12180374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120092Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R120092

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