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Locality Name:
Wirrealpa Homestead Area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 157432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wirrealpa Homestead Area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fountain Head Mine
Jubilee Mines
Wirrealpa Mine (Flinders Range Silver Lead NL; Donkey Bore Prospect)

Latitude: 31°3'"S
Longitude: 138°55'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.05,138.92861111111

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	12080	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	12080,12082	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	12081,12082	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12082	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	12081	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12082	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	12080,12082	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	12081,12082	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12082	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	12082	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	12080,12082	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	12081	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	12082	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12081	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	12082	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	12080	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	12081,12082	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	12082	202
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12082	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	12080	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	12081,12082	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	12081,12082	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	12082	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12082	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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