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Locality Name:
St John's Quarry (St Johns Phosphate Quarry; Hansberrys), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St John's Quarry (St Johns Phosphate Quarry; Hansberrys), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°22'10"S
Longitude: 138°57'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.369444444444,138.96333333333

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 B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AldermaniteAluniteApatiteBaryteBerylCalciteChildreniteClayCorundumDiaspore
DufréniteFeldsparGypsumLeucophosphiteMicaNonePerhamitePhosphofibritePyriteQuartz
RutileTourmalineVivianiteWarditeWavellite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Aldermanite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Meurigite-Na  (*)Minyulite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrodufrénite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perhamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aldermanite  (*)Aldermanite[Mg(H2O)6][Na(H2O)2Al3(PO4)2(OH)6]·H2O05
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O022
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O093
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O060
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O040
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Meurigite-Na  (*)Phosphofibrite[Na(H2O)2.5][Fe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]07
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O031
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O046
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O019
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374



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