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Locality Name:
Cattle Grid Deposit (Cattlegrid; ML5599), Mount Gunson Copper Mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 630

mindat Locality ID: 163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cattle Grid Deposit (Cattlegrid; ML5599), Mount Gunson Copper Mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°26'38"S
Longitude: 137°8'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.443888888889,137.14722222222
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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H I Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H I Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteAtacamiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopiapiteCovelliteDigenite
GypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Eriochalcite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nukundamite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)63063001588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)36306300544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)263063005509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S363063001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS463063005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)663063001633
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S46306300154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S63063005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2630630027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O63063003531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O6306300382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS63063004165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)46306300651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S63063001027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S166306300300
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS26306300246
Eriochalcite  (*)NoneCuCl2·2H2O630630013
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS630630024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS6306300131
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O63063006890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O6306300409
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI6306300180
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S46306300249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2630630012537
Nukundamite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6S4630630016
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)66306300158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2630630039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2630630061156
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O630630073
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S46306300249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS630630021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1363063001803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO63063001101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1363063005317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS36306300297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO463063001655


1 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
sedcu-00035630630U. Proterozoic     Yes Cu65Mount Gunson Copper Mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, AustraliaMount GunsonCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100013Cattle Grid Deposit (Cattlegrid; ML5599), Mount Gunson Copper Mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R100013

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