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:
Echunga Goldfield, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 159064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Echunga Goldfield, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Biggs Flat Diggings
Chapel Hill Diggings (Old Echunga Diggings)
Jupiter Creek Diggings
Onkaparinga Mine

Latitude: 35°4'50"S
Longitude: 138°45'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.080555555556,138.76416666667

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.

Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diamond	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur	Topaz	Zircon

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Diamond ()*	Gahnite ()*	Gold ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*
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 Au C Cl Cu F Fe H O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Chalcopyrite Copper Diamond Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Spinel Staurolite Sulphur Topaz Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	12276	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	12276	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	12276	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12276	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	12274,12276	3846
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	0		697
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	12274	445
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	12274,12275	30554
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	12274	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12276	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	12274,12276	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	12274,12276	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	12274	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	12274	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	12274	2045
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	12274	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	12274	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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