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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

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: 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: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCovelliteEpidoteGarnetMalachite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneScapoliteScheeliteSkutterudite
TitaniteVivianiteWollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3253.101534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6253.102060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4253.105516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S253.105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2253.1027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O253.103531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS253.10966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS253.104165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)253.108173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O253.10814
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS253.10131
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O253.101271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2253.1012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2253.105674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)253.10176
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2253.1039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8253.109056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)253.104894
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3253.10531
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O253.104899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2253.102562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3253.101247



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993bUranium 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 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
Giersdorf_00000993252525-4     Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
Giersdorf_00000993b646-4     Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
Giersdorf_000009945.33.15.3-3.1U-Pb coffinite, carnotite  Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 


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