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Locality Name:
Uaroo Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 146998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uaroo Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Coober Pedy
Dark Horse Mine
Euro Group
Long Tom Mine
Meilga Prospect (Mount Agnes)
Nankivell's Mine
Rainbow 2 (Uaroo; Silver King; Silver Star)
Reddan Mine (Sunset)
Thowagee
Victoria Copper Mine
Westons Mine

Latitude: 23°37'56"S
Longitude: 116°2'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.632222222222,116.04694444444

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 Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DescloiziteDiasporeKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymiteTitaniteTourmaline

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1149182734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3214915,14916544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2314911,14918,149215509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4214910,149155516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)314909,14918,149204979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S714910,14911,14915,14917,14918,14919,149225707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2214910,1491827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1149153531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O514915,14916,14917,14919,149212970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21149099895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS414909,14910,14918,1492024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)214919,149217437
Gold  (*)CopperAu314910,14911,1492230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3314910,14917,1492214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41149185591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41149101507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2914910,14911,14915,14916,14917,14918,14919,14921,1492212537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1149181107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)114918362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2214910,1492117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211491839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1149181725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21014909,14910,14911,14915,14916,14917,14919,14920,14921,1492261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21149105614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1149222705
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1149182473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11490921482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1149191101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S114911510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1149224899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41149181655



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