Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 650
Youngest recorded age at locality: 650

mindat Locality ID: 13477
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13477.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°20'49"S
Longitude: 138°55'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.346944444444,138.91777777778

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.

Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Cl Cu F Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	650	650	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	650	650	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	650	650	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	650	650	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	650	650	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	650	650	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	650	650	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	650	650	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	650	650	9617
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	650	650	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	650	650	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	650	650	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	650	650	1101

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-00045	650	650	Upper Proterozoic										Cu	13477	Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Kapunda	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050219	Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R050219

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...