Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ethiudna East Cobalt Prospect, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 11041
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11041.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ethiudna East Cobalt Prospect, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°3'29"S
Longitude: 139°50'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.058055555556,139.84722222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Covellite	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Scapolite	Scheelite	Skutterudite
Titanite	Vivianite	Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Glaucodot ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Covellite Epidote Garnet Malachite
Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Scapolite Scheelite Skutterudite
Titanite Vivianite Wollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	25	3.1	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	3.1	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	3.1	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	25	3.1	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25	3.1	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	25	3.1	814
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	25	3.1	131
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	25	3.1	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	25	3.1	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	25	3.1	176
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25	3.1	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	25	3.1	4894
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	25	3.1	531
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	25	3.1	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	25	3.1	1247

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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