Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Boolcoomata Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 221569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Boolcoomata Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Black Maria Mine
Boolcoomata Apatite (Black Apatite Mine)
Boolcoomata Carphosiderite Mine (Boolcoomata Sheelite; Old Boolcoomata)
Brady Beryl (Brady Mine)
Cold Tea (Gem Creek)
Goat Rock
Hamper Hut
Lady Louise
Little Rat
Mary Mine
Meningie Well Prospect
Meningie Well South
Mount Mulga North (Mount Mulga Mine)
Pimponda
Raven Hill Mine (Lively)
Raven Hill South
Viney
White Rock Feldspar Mine
Woman In White Mine

Latitude: 32°6'3"S
Longitude: 140°19'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.100833333333,140.32305555556

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arthurite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Jahnsite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Triplite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*
Jahnsite-(NaMnMg) ()*	Magnesiobermanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Triplite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ti W Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arthurite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Jahnsite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Spinel Tourmaline Triplite Vesuvianite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

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	4	12599,12601,12604,12619	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	25	3.1	2	12616,12618	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	25	3.1	1	12599	1310
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	4	12599,12608,12609,12619	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	25	3.1	1	12611	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	25	3.1	4	12602,12616,12617,12619	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	1	12601	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	25	3.1	1	12619	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	2	12608,12619	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	1	12619	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	25	3.1	1	12619	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	25	3.1	1	12619	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25	3.1	1	12619	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	3	12609,12613,12619	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	25	3.1	2	12600,12617	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	25	3.1	2	12601,12604	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	3.1	1	12619	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	25	3.1	2	12599,12600	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	2	12601,12604	1544
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	3.1	1	12601	65
Jahnsite-(NaMnMg) ()*	Jahnsite	(Na,Ca)(Mn²⁺,Fe³⁺)(Mg,Fe³⁺)₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂(H₂O)₈	25	3.1	1	12617	3
Magnesiobermanite ()*	Arthurite	MgMn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	25	3.1	1	12617	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25	3.1	2	12611,12619	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	4	12599,12609,12613,12619	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	25	3.1	6	12602,12613,12616,12617,12618,12619	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	3.1	1	12608	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	5	12602,12616,12617,12618,12619	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12602,12617	2273
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	0		260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	3	12599,12609,12619	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12619	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	10	12599,12600,12601,12602,12611,12613,12616,12617,12618,12619	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	25	3.1	2	12602,12617	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	25	3.1	2	12602,12617	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	25	3.1	1	12601	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	25	3.1	1	12616	2705
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	25	3.1	1	12617	233
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	25	3.1	1	12601	1395

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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