Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mawson Plateau - Paralana Hot Springs Area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 157426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mawson Plateau - Paralana Hot Springs Area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
British Empire Mine
Coats Pegmatite
Green Hill Mine
Hodgkinson Prospect
Hughes' Find
Mawson Plateau
Paralana Hot Springs

Latitude: 30°8'25"S
Longitude: 139°24'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.140277777778,139.4125

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brannerite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore
Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kasolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Be C Cd Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brannerite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore
Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Wurtzite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	394	390	1	11921	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	394	390	1	11918	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	394	390	1	11923	4286
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	394	390	1	11919	248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	394	390	1	11918	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	394	390	1	11921	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	394	390	1	11918	3531
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	394	390	1	11921	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	394	390	1	11921	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	394	390	1	11921	14640
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	394	390	1	11918	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	394	390	1	11918	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	394	390	1	11921	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	394	390	1	11921	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	394	390	1	11923	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	394	390	1	11923	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	394	390	1	11921	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	394	390	1	11918	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	394	390	1	11921	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	394	390	1	11923	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	394	390	1	11921	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	394	390	1	11921	1006
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	394	390	1	11921	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	394	390	1	11921	2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_127	394	390	392±2	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			157410	Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Arkaroola Pegm	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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