Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pine Creek - Mutooroo Area, Mingary, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 143220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Creek - Mutooroo Area, Mingary, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Birthday Prospect Mine
Mutooroo Homestead
Mutooroo Mine
Mutooroo South Mine
Mutooroo West Mine (Cockburn Copper Mine)
Trinity Mine

Latitude: 32°16'38"S
Longitude: 140°56'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.277222222222,140.93361111111

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	Amarantite	Arsenic	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper
Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Römerite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur

Acanthite ()*	Amarantite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Coquimbite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprocopiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metahohmannite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amarantite Arsenic Atacamite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper
Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Malachite Melanterite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Römerite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur

39 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	25	3.1	2	12552,12555	2793
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	22
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	25	3.1	1	12552	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12552,12555	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	25	3.1	1	12555	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	25	3.1	1	12552	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	3.1	2	12552,12555	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	3	12551,12552,12553	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	25	3.1	1	12552	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	3.1	1	12552	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	3	12552,12554,12555	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	3531
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	25	3.1	3	12551,12552,12553	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25	3.1	1	12552	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	25	3.1	3	12551,12552,12553	2970
Cuprocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Cu²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	25	3.1	1	12552	12
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	25	3.1	1	12552	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	3.1	1	12552	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	25	3.1	1	12552	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	3.1	1	12552	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	25	3.1	1	12551	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25	3.1	3	12551,12552,12554	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	4	12551,12552,12553,12555	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	915
Metahohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	9
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	3.1	3	12551,12552,12554	5800
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	4	12551,12552,12554,12555	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25	3.1	5	12551,12552,12553,12554,12555	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	4	12551,12552,12554,12555	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	115
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	25	3.1	1	12551	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	3.1	3	12551,12552,12555	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	25	3.1	2	12551,12552	2045

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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