Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 14964
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14964.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glen Osmond, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Eagle Mine
Glen Osmond Mine
Glen Osmond Quarry
Wheal Gawler
Wheal Watkins

Latitude: 34°57'34"S
Longitude: 138°39'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.959444444444,138.65527777778

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Ba C Cl I O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	12327,12330	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	12330	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12327	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	12327,12330	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	12327	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	12327,12328,12329,12330	24243
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	12326	180
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	2	12327,12328	142
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	12327	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	12327,12330	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	12327	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12327	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	12330	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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