Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 630

mindat Locality ID: 159055
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159055.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 72
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 55

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Baratta Homestead
Brachina
Bunkers Range
Carrieton
Cradock
Eurelia
Gladstone
Hawker
Martins Well
Melrose
Mundallio
Peterborough
Quorn
Wilmington
Wirrabara

Latitude: 32°17'5"S
Longitude: 138°29'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.284722222222,138.49472222222

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Atacamite	Baryte
Beraunite	Bjarebyite	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Hopeite	Lazulite	Leucophosphite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Parahopeite	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Phosphophyllite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tarbuttite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Turquoise	Vivianite
Volborthite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Atacamite Baryte
Beraunite Bjarebyite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Cerite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Dufrénite Fairfieldite Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Hopeite Lazulite Leucophosphite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Parahopeite Pentlandite Phenakite Phosphophyllite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tarbuttite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Turquoise Vivianite
Volborthite Zircon

113 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariosincosite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beraunite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Collinsite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hentschelite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hillite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Hopeite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Johntomaite ()*
Leucophosphite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Likasite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mengeite ()*	Metaswitzerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parahopeite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perloffite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*	Plimerite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Reaphookhillite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sampleite ()*
Scholzite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Springcreekite ()*	Strontioperloffite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Switzerite ()*	Tarbuttite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Troilite ()*
Vésigniéite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zapatalite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	12090	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	3	12100,12130,12131	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	12094	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	630	630	4	12105,12119,12123,12157	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	12100	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	12157	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	630	630	14	12119,12123,12126,12130,12131,12138,12140,12145,12146,12147,12153,12155,12157,12159	5509
Bariosincosite ()*	None	Ba(VO)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	12157	4
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			13	12106,12107,12110,12111,12116,12117,12118,12119,12137,12139,12143,12155,12157	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O			1	12157	136
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	630	630	2	12130,12140	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	12108	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	12157	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			2	12135,12157	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	630	630	18	12089,12095,12104,12105,12107,12110,12118,12124,12125,12126,12127,12130,12140,12143,12145,12146,12147,12153	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	12139	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4	12091,12092,12095,12098	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	12157	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	630	630	7	12105,12126,12127,12130,12131,12155,12157	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	630	630	2	12123,12142	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	630	630	17	12095,12104,12105,12107,12108,12118,12119,12125,12127,12130,12140,12145,12146,12147,12153,12155,12157	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	12157	77
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	12100	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	12100,12116	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	630	630	4	12123,12130,12131,12157	3531
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O			2	12142,12157	38
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	12157	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	630	630	4	12104,12105,12130,12157	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	12095,12131,12157	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	12157	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	12142	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	630	630	9	12103,12104,12105,12126,12127,12130,12131,12145,12157	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	12157	144
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			4	12116,12128,12132,12133	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	12128	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	630	630	9	12111,12112,12121,12122,12130,12131,12145,12149,12155	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	12135,12157	139
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	12157	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	630	630	12	12090,12091,12092,12093,12095,12096,12097,12098,12108,12121,12123,12155	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	12109	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	630	630	10	12090,12095,12097,12105,12107,12130,12135,12142,12155,12157	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	12092,12095,12097	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	630	630	2	12130,12157	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	630	630	2	12123,12157	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	630	630	11	12095,12103,12105,12130,12135,12138,12140,12142,12147,12155,12157	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	12142	1689
Hentschelite ()*	Lazulite	CuFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	12157	20
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄			1	12112	73
Hillite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Zn(PO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	12142	1
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	12142	243
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	12142	29
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	12112	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	12116,12128	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	630	630	2	12130,12157	2228
Johntomaite ()*	Bjarebyite	BaFe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃			1	12157	1
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	12135	110
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	12157	234
Likasite ()*	None	Cu₃(NO₃)(OH)₅·2H₂O			1	12157	11
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	630	630	1	12130	451
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	12128	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	630	630	2	12130,12149	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	630	630	3	12130,12135,12138	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	630	630	23	12089,12103,12104,12105,12107,12108,12118,12119,12123,12124,12125,12126,12127,12130,12131,12138,12140,12145,12146,12147,12153,12155,12157	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			2	12142,12154	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	630	630	1	12130	5674
Mengeite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ba(Mg,Mn²⁺)Mn³⁺₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	12157	1
Metaswitzerite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			2	12142,12157	22
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	1	12130	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	12157	129
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	630	630	1	12130	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	12153	492
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	1	12130	2349
Parahopeite ()*	Parahopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	12142	11
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	12100	1512
Perloffite ()*	Bjarebyite	BaMn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃			1	12157	7
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	12116	2273
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	12142	29
Plimerite ()*	Rockbridgeite	Zn₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₄(H₂O)			1	12142	8
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	12157	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	630	13	12090,12092,12095,12097,12103,12104,12105,12123,12125,12130,12145,12155,12157	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			3	12142,12154,12157	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	12091,12121	1725
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	12116,12128	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	630	630	1	12130	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	630	30	12093,12094,12095,12096,12097,12098,12103,12104,12107,12108,12110,12111,12118,12124,12126,12127,12130,12131,12138,12139,12140,12143,12145,12146,12147,12149,12151,12153,12155,12157	61156
Reaphookhillite ()*	Parahopeite	MgZn₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	12142	1
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	12114,12157	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	12142	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	630	630	1	12125	5614
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O			1	12157	40
Scholzite ()*	None	CaZn₂(PO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	12142	20
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	630	630	7	12095,12105,12108,12118,12125,12142,12143	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	12122	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	12142	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	630	630	3	12095,12112,12123	21482
Springcreekite ()*	Alunite	BaV³⁺₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	12157	1
Strontioperloffite ()*	Bjarebyite	SrMn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃			1	12157	1
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	12157	2045
Switzerite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·7H₂O			1	12142	21
Tarbuttite ()*	Tarbuttite	Zn₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	12142	11
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			2	12089,12104	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	630	630	1	12123	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	630	630	1	12130	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	630	630	1	12130	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	12100	1044
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	12157	46
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	12157	636
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O			1	12157	155
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	12157	104
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	12112	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	12091	1655
Zapatalite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₉·4H₂O			1	12157	7
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	630	630	1	12130	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00041	630	630	U.Proterozoic	Cu	13474	Kanyaka Mine, Cradock, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Kanyaka	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00042	630	630	U.Proterozoic	Cu	19089	Prince Alfred Mine (ML 4332; ML 4333; ML 4334; ML 4335; ML 4336), Cradock, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Prince Alfred	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00044	630	630	U. Proterozoic	Cu	203795	Copper Claim (Anesbury Mine), Eurelia, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Copper Claim	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061014	Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R061014
R061015	Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R061015

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