Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Northeast, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.1

mindat Locality ID: 159060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northeast, South Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Big Lake 28
Carraweena Meteorite
Lake Eyre (East)
Lake Frome
Marree

Latitude: 29°29'22"S
Longitude: 139°28'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.489444444444,139.48111111111

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	Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Spinel

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Iron Kaolinite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel

15 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
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	3.1	1	12498	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	2	12497,12498	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	25	3.1	1	12493	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	1	12497	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	25	3.1	2	12497,12498	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	25	3.1	2	12497,12498	2970
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	25	3.1	1	12493	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	25	3.1	1	12493	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	25	3.1	2	12496,12498	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12497,12498	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	25	3.1	2	12496,12497	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	2	12497,12498	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	25	3.1	1	12497	6417
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	25	3.1	1	12493	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	25	3.1	1	12493	1044

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993b	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000993	25	25	25-4			U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000993b	6	4	6-4			U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000994	5.3	3.1	5.3-3.1	U-Pb	coffinite, carnotite	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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