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Locality Name:
Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.1

mindat Locality ID: 17031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Boolcoomata Mine (Copper Hill)
Dome Rock Copper Mine
Jones Feldspar
Wiperaminga Copper Mine (Wiperaminga)
Wiperaminga Hill (McMahon's Pegmatite; McMahon Quarry; Wiperaminga East; MC 2464; McMahon Feldspar Pty. Ltd; ML 4536)
Wiperaminga Hill West Quarry (Wipperaminga Hill)

Latitude: 31°57'25"S
Longitude: 140°27'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.956944444444,140.45333333333

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arrojadite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite
Atacamite	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Childrenite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Hureaulite	Kanonerovite	Kaolinite
Löllingite	Laueite	Lazulite	Lipscombite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Mixite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Smolyaninovite	Spinel	Staurolite	Tourmaline	Triplite
Vivianite	Wagnerite	Wardite

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: Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arrojadite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Arthurite
Atacamite Beryl Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Childrenite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Hureaulite Kanonerovite Kaolinite
Löllingite Laueite Lazulite Lipscombite Malachite Melanterite Mica Mixite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Smolyaninovite Spinel Staurolite Tourmaline Triplite
Vivianite Wagnerite Wardite

79 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Arthurite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Barbosalite ()*	Bermanite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Childrenite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Cobaltaustinite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Dioptase ()*	Domerockite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Euchroite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heterogenite ()*
Hureaulite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Hylbrownite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laueite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Lipscombite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*
Mixite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Nickelaustinite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Smolyaninovite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Triplite ()*
Triploidite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Xanthoxenite ()*	Zwieselite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12525	3419
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	25	3.1	1	12525	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	1	12529	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	25	3.1	2	12525,12528	1310
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25	3.1	1	12525	9052
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	35
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	25	3.1	1	12525	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12524	5509
Barbosalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12528,12529	43
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	25	3.1	2	12528,12529	55
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	25	3.1	2	12528,12529	4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	25	3.1	1	12525	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	1	12525	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	3.1	1	12525	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	1	12525	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12525	90
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	93
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	25	3.1	1	12525	127
Cobaltaustinite ()*	Adelite	CaCo(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	1	12525	11
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	1	12525	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	25	3.1	1	12525	3846
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	25	3.1	1	12525	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25	3.1	1	12525	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	2970
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	60
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	25	3.1	1	12529	481
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12528,12529	26
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	164
Domerockite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₄(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₃·H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	1
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	1	12525	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	814
Euchroite ()*	None	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)·3H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	25	3.1	1	12525	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	3.1	1	12525	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	6890
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	25	3.1	1	12525	111
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	125
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	3.1	0		65
Hylbrownite ()*	Kanonerovite	Na₃MgP₃O₁₀·12H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	2
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	3.1	3	12525,12528,12529	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	25	3.1	1	12525	5591
Laueite ()*	Laueite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	70
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	149
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12529	47
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	25	3.1	1	12525	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25	3.1	1	12525	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12524,12525	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	915
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	182
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	25	3.1	2	12528,12529	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	129
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	168
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12528,12529	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	3.1	1	12525	254
Nickelaustinite ()*	Adelite	CaNi(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	1	12525	6
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	471
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	1	12525	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	2994
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	25	3.1	1	12525	158
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	2	12525,12529	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	25	3.1	1	12525	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25	3.1	1	12525	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	3	12525,12528,12529	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	25	3.1	2	12524,12528	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	1153
Smolyaninovite ()*	Smolyaninovite	Co₃Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₄·11H₂O	25	3.1	1	12525	13
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	25	3.1	1	12525	978
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	25	3.1	1	12525	1101
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	25	3.1	2	12528,12529	233
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	1	12529	29
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	636
Xanthoxenite ()*	None	Ca₄Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·3H₂O	25	3.1	1	12529	29
Zwieselite ()*	Triplite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)F	25	3.1	1	12529	47

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993b	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000993	25	25	25-4			Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000993b	6	4	6-4			Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000994	5.3	3.1	5.3-3.1	U-Pb	coffinite, carnotite	Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050536	Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R050536

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