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Locality Name:
Dalkey Mine, Radium Hill Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 10493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dalkey Mine, Radium Hill Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°20'15"S
Longitude: 140°34'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.3375,140.57611111111

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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	25	3.1	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	3.1	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	3.1	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	25	3.1	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	3.1	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25	3.1	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	61156

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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