Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paralana High Plains, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 157428
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157428.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paralana High Plains, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beverley Mine
Four Mile Uranium Mine (Four Mile Creek Prospect Area; Four Mile West Deposit; Four Mile East Deposit)

Latitude: 30°10'8"S
Longitude: 139°33'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.168888888889,139.55055555556

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Allophane ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Carnotite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Huttonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Uraninite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Nb O Pb S Se Si Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Topaz Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	12056	470
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	12056	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	12056	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12056	11547
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	12056	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12056	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	12056	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2	12056,12057	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	12056	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	12056	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	12056	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12056	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	12056	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	12056	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	12056	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12056	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	12056	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12056	14640
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	1	12056	37
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	12056	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	12056	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	12056	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	12056	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12056	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	12056	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	12056	5800
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	12056	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	12056,12057	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	12056	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	12056	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12056	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	12056	1101
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	12056	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	12056	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	12056	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	12056	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	12056	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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