Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 157429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Beltana Mine (E.Z. Mine; Beltana Deposit; Beltana-Aroona Deposit; Puttapa Mine)
Copper King Mine (Flinders Ranges Development Syndicate; Halls Open Cut)

Latitude: 30°38'57"S
Longitude: 138°25'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.649166666667,138.42111111111

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.

Adelite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Coronadite	Corundum	Gypsum	Malachite
Natrochalcite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Vivianite

Adamite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsendescloizite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Baumhauerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Doloresite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*
Duftite ()*	Finnemanite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedyphane ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Larsenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scholzite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tilasite ()*
Tsumcorite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Coronadite Corundum Gypsum Malachite
Natrochalcite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Titanite Vivianite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12025	254
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12025	3250
Arsendescloizite ()*	Adelite	PbZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12025	20
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12025	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	12027	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12025	11547
Baumhauerite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆	1	12025	15
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12025	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	12025	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	12025	197
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	2	12025,12026	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	12025	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12025	9895
Doloresite ()*	None	V⁴⁺₃O₄(OH)₄	1	12025	23
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	1	12025	34
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12025	220
Finnemanite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(As³⁺O₃)₃Cl	1	12025	2
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	12025	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	12025	6890
Hedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	12025,12026	48
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12025	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	12025	1689
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	12025	243
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	12025	60
Larsenite ()*	None	ZnPb(SiO₄)	1	12025	6
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	12024,12027	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	12025,12026	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12025	492
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	12025	124
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	12025	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	12025	61156
Scholzite ()*	None	CaZn₂(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	12025	20
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	12025,12026	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12025	21482
Tilasite ()*	Titanite	CaMg(AsO₄)F	1	12025	34
Tsumcorite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbZn₂(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	12025	29
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	12025	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	12025,12026	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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