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Locality Name:
Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°28'38"S
Longitude: 139°5'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.477222222222,139.09027777778
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AldermaniteAluniteApatiteArseniosideriteBaryteBerauniteCalcioferriteCalciteChildreniteClay
CorundumDiasporeDufréniteKaoliniteLeucophosphiteMicaNonePerhamitePhosphofibritePyrite
QuartzRockbridgeiteSmectite-vermiculiteThomsoniteTurquoiseVivianiteWarditeWavellite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Aldermanite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcioferrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gorceixite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Meurigite-Na  (*)Minyulite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrodufrénite  (*)Perhamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tinticite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aldermanite  (*)Aldermanite[Mg(H2O)6][Na(H2O)2Al3(PO4)2(OH)6]·H2O05
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O022
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcioferrite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgFe3+4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O09
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O093
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O060
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O040
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60121
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Meurigite-Na  (*)Phosphofibrite[Na(H2O)2.5][Fe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]07
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O031
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O0129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O046
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O019
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O019
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120092Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R120092

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