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Locality Name:
Mount Malvern Mine, Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 16622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Malvern Mine, Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°4'33"S
Longitude: 138°37'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.075833333333,138.6175
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 As Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantite
CalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiaspore
GypsumLinariteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

61 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Duftite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mendipite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O090
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O0150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O0197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O043
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O20144
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)4057
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI0180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl2017
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O040
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl20142
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)60134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2028


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