Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 159057
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159057.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eurelia, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Copper Claim (Anesbury Mine)
Fullartons Mine (Fullartons Claims; Eurelia)
Kimberlite FBS3
Kimberlite FBS4

Latitude: 32°32'25"S
Longitude: 138°27'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.540277777778,138.46444444444

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	Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore
Feldspar	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore
Feldspar Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Titanite Topaz Zircon

30 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	2	12130,12131	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	630	630	2	12130,12131	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	630	630	1	12130	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	630	630	1	12130	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	630	630	2	12130,12131	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	630	630	1	12130	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	630	630	2	12130,12131	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	630	630	1	12130	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	12131	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	630	630	2	12130,12131	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			2	12132,12133	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	630	630	2	12130,12131	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	630	630	1	12130	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	630	630	1	12130	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	630	630	1	12130	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	630	630	1	12130	2228
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	630	630	1	12130	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	630	630	1	12130	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	630	630	1	12130	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	630	630	2	12130,12131	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	630	630	1	12130	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	1	12130	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	630	630	1	12130	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	1	12130	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	630	1	12130	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	630	630	1	12130	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	630	2	12130,12131	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	630	630	1	12130	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	630	630	1	12130	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	630	630	1	12130	5251

1 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-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

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