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Locality Name:
Radium Hill Mine (Smith's Carnotite Mine; Radium Hill), Radium Hill Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Radium Hill Mine (Smith's Carnotite Mine; Radium Hill), Radium Hill Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°20'41"S
Longitude: 140°38'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.344722222222,140.63666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti U V Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCorundumCrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelThomsoniteTitanite
Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranospathite  (*)
Uranospinite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2253.103419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)253.108803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS253.109052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O253.101272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)253.1011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4253.105516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6253.10248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)253.1027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O253.101184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2253.1027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O253.103531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8253.101756
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)38253.1031
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)253.108173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F253.102740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)253.107437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O253.106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3253.1014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3253.105433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O253.101271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4253.1014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2253.1012537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O253.10443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2253.105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2253.1017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2253.1039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2253.1061156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2253.10253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2253.105614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5253.101516
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O253.10452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O253.104899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O253.101059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2253.102718
Uranospathite  (*)None(Al,   )(UO2)2F(PO4)2·20H2O253.1020
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O253.1051
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)253.105251


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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