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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

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: 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: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenopyriteBerylBranneriteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiaspore
FluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
SphaleriteWurtziteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3943901119219052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23943901119185509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183943901119234286
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6394390111919248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63943901119181633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS239439011192127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3943901119183531
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3943901119217437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS394390111921717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O339439011192114640
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O394390111918198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)239439011191812537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O394390111921443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23943901119215800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)394390111923945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)239439011192317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS239439011192139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3943901119181725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239439011192161156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33943901119231214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS39439011192121482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)3943901119211006
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3943901119211059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23943901119212718



1 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  YesMuscovite  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 


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