Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mt Babbage Area (inlier), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 157427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Babbage Area (inlier), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Goat's Pooh Flat
Prospect Hill
Yerila Gneissic Complex

Latitude: 29°50'52"S
Longitude: 139°34'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.847777777778,139.5825

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Coronadite	Epidote	Fluocerite
Fluorite	Fornacite	Garnet	Malachite	Monazite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Coronadite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Malachite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Törnebohmite-(Ce) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Columbite Coronadite Epidote Fluocerite
Fluorite Fornacite Garnet Malachite Monazite None Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	12051	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	12046,12051	2353
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	12049,12050	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	12049,12050	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	12051	94
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	1	12051	47
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	12048	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	12049,12050	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	12051	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	12051	289
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	12051	227
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	12051	520
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	12051	196
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1	12051	45
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	12051	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	12049,12050,12051	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	12049,12050	445
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	12051	243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12048	12537
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	12051	945
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂Cl₂	1	12051	9
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	12048,12049	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	12049,12050,12051	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	12048	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	12046,12051	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	12049,12050	21482
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	12051	99
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	12048	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	12051	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	12051	4899
Törnebohmite-(Ce) ()*	Fornacite	Ce₂Al(SiO₄)₂(OH)	1	12051	23
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	12049,12050	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	12050,12051	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	12051	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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