Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Howden Mine, Kalabity Homestead Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 16617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Howden Mine, Kalabity Homestead Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°55'36"S
Longitude: 140°11'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.926666666667,140.19666666667

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	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	None	Perovskite	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Roselite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltaustinite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Pyrite ()*	Roselite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite None Perovskite Pyrite
Rocksalt Roselite Skutterudite Sphalerite Vivianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	25	3.1	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25	3.1	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	25	3.1	544
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	27198
Cobaltaustinite ()*	Adelite	CaCo(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	11
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	25	3.1	966
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	25	3.1	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	3.1	24243
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	25	3.1	149
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	39462
Roselite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	25	3.1	23
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	25	3.1	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	3.1	21482

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

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