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Locality Name:
Kanmantoo Mine (Kanmantoo West; Kanmantoo North), Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 530
Youngest recorded age at locality: 530

mindat Locality ID: 13473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanmantoo Mine (Kanmantoo West; Kanmantoo North), Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°5'30"S
Longitude: 139°0'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.091666666667,139.00444444444

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Digenite	Epidote	Garnet	Lazulite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Stibnite	Tetradymite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Joséite-B ()*	Laitakarite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Digenite Epidote Garnet Lazulite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Stibnite Tetradymite Vivianite Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	530	530	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	530	530	1310
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	530	530	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	530	530	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	530	530	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	530	530	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	530	530	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	530	530	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	530	530	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	530	530	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	530	530	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	530	530	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	530	530	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	530	530	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	530	530	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	530	530	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	530	530	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	530	530	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	530	530	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	530	530	5433
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	530	530	86
Laitakarite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄(Se,S)₃	530	530	30
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	530	530	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	530	530	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	530	530	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	530	530	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	530	530	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	530	530	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	530	530	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	530	530	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	530	530	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	530	530	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	530	530	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	530	530	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	530	530	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	530	530	978
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	530	530	636

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-00046	530	530	Cambrian										Cu	13473	Kanmantoo Mine (Kanmantoo West; Kanmantoo North), Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Kanmantoo	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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