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Locality Name:
Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 11630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Cape Jervis
Carrickalinga
Goolwa
Maslin Beach
Mount Compass
Myponga
Noarlunga
Noarlunga (Old Nourlunga)
Normanville
Rapid Bay
Second Valley
Sellick's Hill
Victor Harbor
Yankalilla

Latitude: 35°25'16"S
Longitude: 138°25'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.421111111111,138.42027777778

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBranneriteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChenevixiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDigeniteEpidoteFluorite
LöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteTourmalineZircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1122792793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6212282,12305966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21122882162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)212281,123062734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)212281,123143250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs112279379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1122799052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2512279,12287,12302,12310,123195509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)312300,12307,1230911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi212308,123121966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)112312716
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O11229767
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6112297248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)712281,12285,12306,12307,12309,12310,1231427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)512279,12281,12308,12309,123104979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S212287,123105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2512279,12287,12302,12310,1231927198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)211227990
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1122881025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31122881797
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1123022970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1122791027
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)112288648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1122888173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)112323551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1122962740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1112279,12281,12283,12284,12285,12306,12307,12308,12309,12310,1231924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu612279,12308,12312,12317,12322,1232330554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6112295173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3412290,12291,12293,1229514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3412288,12291,12293,123035433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14112279784
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O112297198
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41122881507
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2112279762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4412283,12288,12291,1230114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2512279,12287,12302,12310,1231912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21122795674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O112297388
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3112279511
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21123032273
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3112279733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2412279,12301,12322,1232339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81122799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21112279,12281,12287,12290,12293,12300,12302,12303,12312,12319,1232361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2712284,12288,12290,12291,12293,12303,123205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)212303,123234894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)212290,123172705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1122791153
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5212288,123011516
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)312308,12309,123102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS312279,12281,1228521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41122881934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1123062045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131122791803
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21122972718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O112297890
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O11229751
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)112323939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1122885251



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