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Locality Name:
Daly Mine (Lyndhurst), Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 10495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daly Mine (Lyndhurst), Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°8'54"S
Longitude: 139°20'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.148333333333,139.33861111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti V 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteEpsomiteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
TitaniteVolborthite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39439009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)239439005509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S39439005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2394390027198
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)43943900175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O39439002970
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O3943900484
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2394390012537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O3943900168
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2394390039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2394390061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO239439005614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39439004899
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O3943900155


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_127394390392±2Ar/Ar muscovite  YesMuscovite  157410Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaArkaroola PegmMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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