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

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

mindat Locality ID: 159056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cradock, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Egmont Mine
Etna Mine
Kanyaka Mine
Miers Mine (Mears Mine; Meers Mine)
Prince Alfred Mine (ML 4332; ML 4333; ML 4334; ML 4335; ML 4336)
Red Hill Mine (Red Boulder; Bock & Broadbents)
Slaty Rock Mine
Springfield Basin

Latitude: 32°7'26"S
Longitude: 138°34'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.123888888889,138.57888888889

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	Apatite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Gypsum
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diamond Garnet Gypsum
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	630	630	1	12123	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	630	630	2	12123,12126	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	630	630	4	12124,12125,12126,12127	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	12126,12127	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	630	630	1	12123	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	630	630	2	12125,12127	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	630	630	1	12123	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	12126,12127	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	12128	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	12128	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	12121,12122	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	630	630	2	12121,12123	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	630	630	1	12123	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	12128	5433
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	12128	311
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	630	630	5	12123,12124,12125,12126,12127	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	630	2	12123,12125	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	12121	1725
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	12128	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	12124,12126,12127	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	630	630	1	12125	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	630	630	1	12125	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	12122	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	630	630	1	12123	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	630	630	1	12123	1101

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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