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Locality Name:
North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 157411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 175
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 137

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station)
Blinman
Burr Well
Calcutta Outstation Ruins
Chambers Gorge (Mount Chambers Gorge)
Leigh Creek
Moolawatana Station
Moolooloo
Mount Freeling Homestead
Mount Lyndhurst Homestead
Mount Serle Homestead Area
Mt Babbage Area (inlier)
Mt Clive Area
Myrtle Springs
Paralana High Plains
Silver Jubilee Mine
Tindelpina Creek Area
Trinity Well
Umberatana
Vulkathunha - Gammon Ranges National Park
Warraweena
Wertaloona Homestead
Wilkowie Hut
Winyagunna Hut
Wirrealpa Homestead Area
Wooltana Homestead Area
Yerila Creek

Latitude: 30°18'29"S
Longitude: 139°7'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.308055555556,139.12027777778
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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K La Li Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBerylBiphosphammiteBismutiteBournoniteBrannerite
BrochantiteCalciteCeriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbite
ConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteDescloiziteDiasporeDigenite
EpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGypsumHumiteIron
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeliliteMeloniteMicaMiniumMixiteMolybdenite
MonaziteNatrochalciteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOxalatePerovskitePhenakite
PhosphuranylitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheelite
SchoepiteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurSyngeniteTalc
TetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineTridymiteUllmanniteVivianiteVolborthiteWurtziteZircon

234 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Baumhauerite  (*)Beryl  (*)Billietite  (*)
Biphosphammite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Boltwoodite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Curite  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dittmarite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Doloresite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dreyerite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Finnemanite  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Françoisite-(Ce)  (*)Françoisite-(Nd)  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Görgeyite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Huttonite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Ishikawaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Köttigite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Larsenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Laurionite  (*)
Lead  (*)Leonite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)Metaschoepite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Paulscherrerite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)
Phosphohedyphane  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pucherite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutherfordine  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schoepite  (*)
Scholzite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spriggite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Syngenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tangeite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)
Tilasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Wakefieldite-(Ce)  (*)Weeksite  (*)Whewellite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S541390811914,11984,11986,11996,12017,12018,12035,120802793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)26303901411913,11915,11939,11946,11953,11958,11959,11962,11964,11966,11967,11972,11975,119773419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)112025254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)394390211913,120658803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)112051706
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O112056470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3212046,120512353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6112056966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2394390211959,120562162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5630390311933,11974,119771310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)541390611926,11996,12012,12035,12080,120822734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2312013,12035,120603092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O394390411964,11986,12013,12018445
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2394390111959718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4394390111929708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)630630311979,12025,120333250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2394390111913295
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)11202520
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS394390511921,11950,11951,11961,120179052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)36303901611914,11954,11965,11975,11979,11995,11996,12008,12018,12019,12033,12037,12038,12039,12041,12044544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61120102060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6394390111926919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)11202571
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O394390311937,11942,119431272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)26303904711914,11915,11918,11926,11927,11929,11930,11932,11951,11958,11959,11960,11961,11963,11965,11967,11968,11969,11973,11975,11976,11977,11978,11979,11985,11986,11996,12002,12003,12005,12009,12017,12019,12027,12028,12037,12041,12053,12068,12069,12072,12073,12074,12078,12081,12082,120845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6303901611933,11939,11941,11942,11962,11963,11979,11995,11996,12002,12017,12025,12033,12044,12056,1208211547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)254149511199683
Baumhauerite  (*)SartoritePb12As16S3611202515
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18394390211923,120654286
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O39439011194238
Biphosphammite  (*)Biphosphammite(NH4)H2(PO4)0.01011208511
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3394390111964214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi394390411964,11969,11982,120811966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3394390311951,11964,120171935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)394390111964716
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O39439011194267
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46303901111913,11951,11964,11979,11988,12018,12019,12037,12041,12049,120505516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31120201089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6394390411919,11943,12017,12018248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6394390211918,119661633
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O0.010112085104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)63003711913,11926,11933,11946,11951,11953,11958,11962,11964,11966,11969,11975,11977,11979,11980,11982,11984,11986,11995,11996,12003,12005,12012,12013,12015,12018,12025,12033,12041,12044,12060,12068,12069,12082,12084,12085,1208627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O411990,12038,12056,120761184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2212049,120505171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)5414951119971252
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO211205194
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)311205147
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5413901011926,11939,11984,11996,12012,12025,12035,12063,12080,120824979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4394390211926,12048352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O394390111959925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S6303903611914,11915,11926,11929,11930,11939,11951,11961,11965,11966,11972,11975,11976,11977,11979,11982,11985,11986,11996,12002,12005,12008,12009,12018,12019,12020,12028,12037,12038,12039,12040,12041,12053,12074,12078,120845707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O112025197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26303904211915,11921,11926,11929,11930,11933,11939,11950,11951,11959,11961,11962,11963,11964,11966,11967,11969,11974,11977,11979,11982,11985,11986,12005,12016,12018,12028,12033,12035,12037,12038,12040,12041,12049,12050,12053,12056,12060,12068,12078,12081,1208227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl541495211996,119971382
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2394390111931285
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6303901811915,11918,11926,11927,11951,11966,11968,11977,11995,12007,12016,12028,12033,12037,12038,12039,12040,120683531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS394390211926,120722600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe112056281
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)39439011191636
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83943901119261756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)394390211927,119511025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS211986,12017966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O212056,12057566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6112051518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6212051,12065289
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)394390211968,12068363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O541495111996295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O541495211983,11996382
Copper  (*)CopperCu6303901111926,11929,11930,11951,11979,11996,12002,12019,12033,12037,120563846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183943901119401008
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4394390111968109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4394390411912,11961,11968,11970175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16312025,12026,12051227
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3394390211940,120561797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5413901011914,11926,11930,11939,11951,11966,11996,12035,12068,120844165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16112025599
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2394390111913327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O6303902811915,11951,11958,11960,11961,11962,11965,11966,11968,11973,11974,11975,11977,11979,11988,11996,12002,12005,12008,12018,12019,12033,12037,12038,12039,12041,12056,120782970
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O39439011194251
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)38394390211943,1194531
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)112012378
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O39439011194282
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S394390311926,12009,120841027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6394390211942,119464135
Dittmarite  (*)None(NH4)Mg(PO4)·H2O0.0101120857
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)263001511931,11964,11979,11986,11996,12015,12016,12017,12025,12033,12038,12056,12078,12082,120859895
Doloresite  (*)NoneV4+3O4(OH)411202523
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)394390211951,12065648
Dreyerite  (*)ZirconBi(VO4)3943901119164
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S511202534
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)394390211926,12025220
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)394390211940,12051520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)394390411913,11951,11962,120568173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O394390111961484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O311986,12017,12018814
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4112051196
Finnemanite  (*)ApatitePb5(As3+O3)3Cl1120252
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF311205145
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F394390411940,11942,12051,120652740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25413901611912,11926,11933,11934,11941,11942,11944,11948,11951,11997,12012,12049,12050,12051,12056,120829617
Françoisite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCe(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2·6H2O3943901119422
Françoisite-(Nd)  (*)NoneNd(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2·6H2O3943901119425
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4212049,12050445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6303901411926,11933,11951,11979,11984,11996,12012,12025,12035,12056,12060,12063,12080,1208224243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7112010114
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)6303902011914,11915,11921,11939,11941,11942,11943,11944,11966,11974,11979,11980,12002,12033,12035,12037,12039,12056,12068,120697437
Gold  (*)CopperAu6303901211916,11950,11951,11970,11975,11977,11984,12017,12018,12035,12069,1208130554
Görgeyite  (*)NoneK2Ca5(SO4)6·H2O0.01011208511
Graphite  (*)NoneC3943901119512812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS394390111921717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6300911933,11977,11995,12019,12025,12041,12056,12082,120856890
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl212025,1202648
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36303904011914,11915,11921,11935,11938,11939,11941,11942,11943,11946,11947,11948,11951,11953,11958,11959,11960,11962,11964,11966,11968,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,11977,11979,11986,11995,12010,12018,12025,12037,12041,12056,12060,12063,12081,1208414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O394390311926,12012,120251689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O439439011192673
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16212025,12051243
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)11205637
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2112012201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6394390211926,120821066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3394390611913,11916,11937,11951,11953,120565433
Iron  (*)IronFe1120101089
Ishikawaite  (*)Columbite(U,Fe,Y)NbO439439011194224
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6394390311926,11956,120332228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4394390711968,11976,12009,12044,12053,12056,120805591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O394390211918,11942198
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O11202560
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)54149511199697
Larsenite  (*)NoneZnPb(SiO4)1120256
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O394390411912,11913,11943,119511271
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)11201249
Lead  (*)CopperPb112056192
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O0.01011208524
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)394390211914,11955234
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O11201778
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)NoneMg3BeAl8O1639439011193718
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)630630212004,120161487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46303901711913,11915,11939,11941,11951,11952,11953,11958,11960,11966,11967,11972,11976,11977,12010,12056,1208414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26303907711914,11915,11918,11926,11929,11930,11932,11935,11939,11951,11954,11955,11958,11959,11960,11961,11962,11963,11964,11965,11966,11967,11968,11969,11970,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,11977,11979,11982,11983,11984,11985,11986,11988,11995,11996,11997,12002,12003,12005,12007,12008,12009,12013,12017,12018,12019,12020,12021,12024,12027,12028,12033,12035,12037,12038,12039,12040,12041,12043,12044,12048,12053,12056,12060,12068,12069,12073,12074,12078,12081,12082,1208412537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)541495112000770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2394390211951,120565674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO112082202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O630390311959,11977,12078915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2212067,12069207
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O39439011194217
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O394390711921,11937,11938,11942,11944,11951,11967443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)394390311915,11945,120654924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl212025,120261107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4112012247
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O394390111961168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2394390511921,11941,11950,11951,120565800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)394390511923,11940,11942,12051,12065945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O394390211933,119721508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2394390311923,11951,1206517380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)394390511968,11970,11986,12025,12068492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O394390411912,11933,11942,120682994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)394390211951,119532349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS212017,12018767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O112025124
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6630630112007158
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O394390111942144
Paulscherrerite  (*)None(UO2)(OH)23943901119423
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3112010495
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)394390211915,12065326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2394390311937,11940,120652273
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2541390311926,11996,12012142
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl11201271
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2394390111926158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6394390111926477
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6112056121
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl21120519
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23943901119131898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4630630211977,12068369
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)11206553
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26303903511915,11921,11926,11939,11941,11950,11951,11956,11959,11961,11962,11964,11966,11967,11969,11974,11977,11979,11996,12003,12009,12016,12017,12033,12035,12040,12053,12056,12057,12060,12063,12065,12068,12078,1208239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2541390311943,11980,119963106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl394390611918,11926,11984,12012,12025,120801725
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3112030341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8394390211951,120109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26303907511912,11913,11914,11915,11921,11929,11930,11932,11933,11937,11939,11942,11944,11946,11947,11950,11951,11953,11954,11958,11959,11960,11961,11962,11963,11964,11965,11966,11967,11968,11969,11970,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,11977,11979,11980,11983,11984,11988,11995,11996,12000,12003,12005,12012,12013,12016,12017,12018,12020,12021,12025,12033,12035,12037,12038,12039,12040,12041,12044,12048,12049,12060,12063,12065,12069,12072,12073,12081,12082,1208461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2394390111926454
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)39439011194258
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2394390711914,11916,11940,11945,11961,12056,120655614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8394390111942353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)630390611930,11939,11977,12049,12050,120514894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)639439011194294
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O11202520
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)394390211940,120652705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O394390111913390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)6303902211913,11926,11951,11962,11963,11964,11969,11977,11982,11983,11984,11986,12017,12018,12033,12035,12037,12048,12060,12081,12082,120846417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51120561516
Silver  (*)CopperAg394390211926,120285186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3412013,12017,12018531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)394390411926,12025,12026,120822473
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2394390211942,1194344
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3394390411923,12046,12051,120651214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3943901411921,11926,11933,11950,11951,11984,12012,12025,12035,12049,12050,12056,12060,1208221482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)11206852
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4394390311937,11940,120101934
Spriggite  (*)NonePb3(UO2)6O8(OH)2·3H2O3943901119421
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)394390111926446
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS394390211937,119562045
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O0.01011208544
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2394390511915,11926,11931,11958,119723337
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)11202160
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O611205199
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6112065211
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13312018,12072,120731803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO5413901711950,11954,11955,11973,11974,11975,11996,12009,12028,12037,12039,12043,12044,12053,12056,12068,120781101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13541390811915,11926,11986,11996,12019,12048,12072,120785317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)394390311921,12051,120561006
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F11202534
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O6303901111913,11940,11942,11946,11951,11961,11964,11966,11977,12051,120564899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O111980433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2212056,120651476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3943901111921,11937,11938,11941,11942,11943,11944,11945,11948,11967,119731059
Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)FornaciteCe2Al(SiO4)2(OH)11205123
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2630390711926,11931,11953,11958,11959,11968,119772562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2394390111940458
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)112065313
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O11202529
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS212013,12017293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2394390811921,11947,11967,12017,12018,12049,12050,120562718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O394390711926,11939,11941,11942,11943,11948,11967890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl112025605
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O394390911961,12005,12009,12012,12019,12020,12039,12041,12058155
Wakefieldite-(Ce)  (*)ZirconCeVO43943901119469
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O39439011194242
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O0.01011208566
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)60.010112085104
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4394390311926,12025,12026303
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)394390111939251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4394390211926,120121655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)394390411942,12050,12051,12065939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)394390411914,11939,12051,120565251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000545One of several Uranium and Radium prospects in the Arkaroola area of Australia
Michelle_000854Guano rich cave in dolomite. Mineralization occurs in crusts associated with Ghost Bat guano deposits. Groundwater has likely penetrated the cave in the past.


7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_127394390392±2Ar/Ar muscovite   Muscovite  157410Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaArkaroola PegmMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Giersdorf_00000545440440440 Paleomagnetic data of the area suggests at least 2 major hydrothermal events affected the area after the age of the titanite givenlow    Titanite 17632Radium Ridge, Mt Painter Area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaRadium RidgeMeisser et al. (2010)10.2138/am.2010.3413AM95_1527Age of intrusion of the British Empire Granite
sedcu-00032630630U. Proterozoic       Cu26702Yudnamutana Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaYudnamutanaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00034630630U. Proterozoic       Cu8744Blinman Mines, Blinman, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaBlinmanCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedexmvt-00014541495Cambrian host rock age      10876Ediacara Mine (Beltana North; Ediacara Consolidated; New Ediacara Consolidated), Ediacaran Fossil Reserve, Beltana, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaEdiacaraTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedcu-00033630630U.Proterozoic       Cu270267Mount Coffin Mine, Mount Coffin Mines, Copley, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaMount CoffinCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
Michelle_0008540.010Holocene Age of guano    Biphosphammite, Brushite, Dittmarite, Gorgeyite, Syngenite, Whewellite, WhitlockiteP, N269720Wooltana Cave, Wooltana Homestead Area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaWooltana CaveSnow et al. (2014)10.1080/03721426.2014.11649009TRSSA138_214Age of guano deposits in cave. The authors suggest "that bats occupied the cave well beforethe start of the Holocene (11.7K years BP) and well back into wetter times"

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110146Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R110146
R050238Blinman, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R050238

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