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Locality Name:
The Ethiudna Mines, 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: 11042
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11042.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "The Ethiudna Mines, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ethiudna Central (Ethiudna; Ethiudna Central Workings; Mc 9757)
Ethiudna East (Mc 9726)
Ethiudna Main Shaft (Block 7116; Cobalt Nickel And Copper Mining Syndicate; Ethiudna Wollastonite; Lady Katherine; Mc 9726; New Year Gift; New Years Gift)
Ethiudna Pipers (Block 8234; Ethiudna; Mc 9757)
Unnamed Wollastonite Deposit

Latitude: 32°3'4"S
Longitude: 139°50'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.051111111111,139.83833333333

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Löllingite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickel ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet Löllingite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite Wollastonite

49 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	0		3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	0		1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	0		718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25	3.1	1	12587	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	25	3.1	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12587	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	1	12587	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	1	12587	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	25	3.1	0		376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	4	12585,12586,12587,12588	3531
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	25	3.1	0		94
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	0		1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	25	3.1	2	12587,12588	966
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	0		363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	25	3.1	1	12585	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	25	3.1	0		1008
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	25	3.1	0		175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	25	3.1	1	12585	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	25	3.1	2	12588,12589	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	3.1	1	12587	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	25	3.1	0		7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	25	3.1	0		2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25	3.1	1	12587	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	3.1	0		2228
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	25	3.1	1	12587	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25	3.1	1	12587	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12586,12587	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	25	3.1	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	3.1	1	12587	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	0		17380
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	25	3.1	0		57
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	0		492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	25	3.1	0		2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	25	3.1	1	12587	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25	3.1	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	3	12587,12588,12589	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	25	3.1	0		4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	25	3.1	0		1516
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	25	3.1	1	12587	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	3.1	1	12587	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	0		2562
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	25	3.1	1	12587	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	25	3.1	0		1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	25	3.1	1	12587	380
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	25	3.1	2	12587,12589	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	0		1025

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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