Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moonta Mines (Wallaroo And Moonta Mining; Moonta Copper Recovery Co. Ltd; Moonta Mining Scheme; Moonta Prospecting Syndicate), Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moonta Mines (Wallaroo And Moonta Mining; Moonta Copper Recovery Co. Ltd; Moonta Mining Scheme; Moonta Prospecting Syndicate), Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ryans Shaft

Latitude: 34°4'19"S
Longitude: 137°36'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.071944444444,137.60472222222

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Atacamite	Autunite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Melanterite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Turquoise
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Alunite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Eriochalcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Tenorite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Atacamite Autunite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Digenite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite
Melanterite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tourmaline Turquoise
Wurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	0		56
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	12744	544
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	0		1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	0		280
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	0		1184
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	0		802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	0		300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		484
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O	0		13
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	0		1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	0		890
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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