Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 155519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
BHP Clay
Cliento Mine
Jenkins Copper Mine
Mount Laura Barite Mine
Mount Whyalla Barite (Whyalla Baryte; Turners Mine; White Friends Baryte Mine)
Mullaquana Project
Murninnie Mine
Myall Creek
Roopena
Whyalla Salt (BHP Leases)

Latitude: 32°56'20"S
Longitude: 137°32'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.938888888889,137.53388888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pumpellyite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stibnite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pumpellyite Quartz Rocksalt Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	11893,11898	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	11894,11895	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	11898	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	11898	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	11900	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	11898	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	11899	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	11901	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	11898	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	11891,11893	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	11893,11898	12537
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	11900	106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	11893,11898	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	11893	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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