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Locality Name:
Talisker Mine (Campbell’s Creek; Talisker Blocks Mine; Talisker Extended Mine; Newbold; Parlor; Stockwell; Stockwell Parlor & Newbold; Cooalinga Creek Gold Diggings), Cape Jervis, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 17051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talisker Mine (Campbell’s Creek; Talisker Blocks Mine; Talisker Extended Mine; Newbold; Parlor; Stockwell; Stockwell Parlor & Newbold; Cooalinga Creek Gold Diggings), Cape Jervis, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°37'21"S
Longitude: 138°9'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.6225,138.15472222222
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 As Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChenevixiteCopperDigeniteLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2090
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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