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Locality Name:
Myponga, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 159065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Myponga, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Myponga Beach
Myponga Phosphate Mine (Heatherdale Phosphate Quarry)
Wild Dog Uranium Mine

Latitude: 35°23'37"S
Longitude: 138°25'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.393611111111,138.42083333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ca F Fe H K Na O P Pb Si Sr Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBranneriteCorundumFluoriteMeta-autuniteNone

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Boltwoodite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O11229767
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6112297248
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1122962740
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6112295173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311229514640
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O112297198
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O112297388
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21122972718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O112297890
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O11229751


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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