Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mount McDonnell Mine (MacDonnell; Mount McDonald; Mt McDonald; Prince Albert), Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 16623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount McDonnell Mine (MacDonnell; Mount McDonald; Mt McDonald; Prince Albert), Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°9'32"S
Longitude: 139°21'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.158888888889,139.36055555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Stibnite	Titanite	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Titanite ()*

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: As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Stibnite Titanite Vivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	394	390	3419
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	394	390	445
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	394	390	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	394	390	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	394	390	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	394	390	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	394	390	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	394	390	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	394	390	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	394	390	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	394	390	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	394	390	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	394	390	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	394	390	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	394	390	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	394	390	4899

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_127	394	390	392±2	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			157410	Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Arkaroola Pegm	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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