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Locality Name:
Kalabity Homestead Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 159072
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159072.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kalabity Homestead Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bimba Mine (Mount Howden And Rangoon; Rangoon)
Little Bimba Hill
Mount Howden Mine
South Koolka Deposit

Latitude: 31°56'35"S
Longitude: 140°12'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.943055555556,140.20083333333
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: Ag Al As Au Be C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltite
CopperEpidoteFluoriteGarnetMolybdeniteNickelineNonePerovskitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRoseliteScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVivianiteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltaustinite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hessite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roselite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5253.11125351310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3253.11125361534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS253.11125359052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3253.1112535544
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18253.11125344286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4253.11125365516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)253.111253527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S253.11125365707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2253.1212535,1253627198
Cobaltaustinite  (*)AdeliteCaCo(AsO4)(OH)253.111253511
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS253.1212535,12536966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O253.1112536566
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)253.11125368173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O253.1112535814
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2253.1112536129
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2253.11125369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS253.111253524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu253.111253630554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3253.11125361544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2253.1112536209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6253.1112536741
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te253.1112536804
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O253.1112535149
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4253.111253614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2253.11125365800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2253.1212535,1253639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8253.11125369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2253.111253661156
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O253.111253523
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)253.11125364894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)253.11125366417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3253.1112535531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS253.1212535,1253621482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O253.11125364899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2253.11125362562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2253.11125362718


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993bUranium 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 IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000993252525-4     Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
Giersdorf_00000993b646-4     Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
Giersdorf_000009945.33.15.3-3.1U-Pb coffinite, carnotite  Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 

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