Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 106888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Radium Hill Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Baumoite Type Locality
Dalkey Mine
Elliotts Mine
John Brown Gold Mines
Madaltie Mine
Maldorky Project
New Luxemburg Mines
Radium Hill Mine (Smith's Carnotite Mine; Radium Hill)
Uncle Tom Mine

Latitude: 32°18'41"S
Longitude: 140°35'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.311388888889,140.58555555556

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Brannerite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur	Thomsonite	Titanite	Zircon

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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Brannerite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Crichtonite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Sulphur Thomsonite Titanite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Baumoite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Sulphur ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranospathite ()*	Uranospinite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	25	3.1	1	12639	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12648,12649	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	25	3.1	2	12641,12649	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	1	12648	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25	3.1	2	12648,12649	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12639,12646	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	25	3.1	1	12649	11547
Baumoite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ba_0.5[(UO₂)₃O₈Mo₂(OH)₃](H₂O)₃	25	3.1	1	12638	1
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	3.1	5	12639,12644,12646,12648,12649	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	25	3.1	1	12649	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	4	12639,12646,12648,12649	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	3.1	4	12639,12641,12646,12648	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	5	12639,12641,12646,12648,12649	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	25	3.1	1	12641	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	4	12641,12646,12648,12649	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	25	3.1	1	12649	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	25	3.1	0		1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25	3.1	2	12641,12646	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	25	3.1	1	12639	2970
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	25	3.1	1	12649	31
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	1	12649	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	25	3.1	1	12649	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	3.1	2	12639,12644	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	25	3.1	4	12641,12646,12648,12649	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	3.1	3	12641,12646,12648	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25	3.1	3	12641,12646,12649	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	25	3.1	1	12649	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	3.1	1	12646	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	25	3.1	1	12648	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25	3.1	3	12645,12646,12649	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	5	12639,12641,12646,12648,12649	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	3.1	2	12648,12649	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	4	12641,12646,12648,12649	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	5	12639,12641,12646,12648,12649	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25	3.1	1	12639	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	5	12639,12641,12646,12648,12649	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12649	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	25	3.1	1	12649	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	25	3.1	1	12649	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	25	3.1	0		1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	25	3.1	2	12641,12646	2045
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	25	3.1	2	12648,12649	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	25	3.1	1	12649	2718
Uranospathite ()*	None	(Al, )(UO₂)₂F(PO₄)₂·20H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	20
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	25	3.1	1	12649	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	25	3.1	1	12649	5251

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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