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Locality Name:
Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 650
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 16627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 282
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 201

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
North Mt Lofty Ranges
South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills)

Latitude: 34°33'25"S
Longitude: 138°52'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.556944444444,138.86888888889
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 Au B Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H I K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAldermaniteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusite
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBerauniteBeryl
BismutiteBranneriteBrochantiteBrookiteCalcioferriteCalciteCarminiteChabaziteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ChenevixiteChildreniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCrichtoniteCubaniteDescloiziteDevillineDiamondDiasporeDigeniteDufréniteEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIronJahnsiteKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingite
LaueiteLazuliteLepidocrociteLeucophosphiteLinariteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghinite
Meta-autuniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpiment
PentlanditePerhamitePerovskitePharmacosideritePhosphofibritePhosphosideritePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrochlore
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStauroliteStibniteStilbiteSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteThomsonite
TitaniteTopazTourmalineTurquoiseUllmanniteVivianiteVolborthiteWarditeWavelliteWollastonite
WurtziteZircon

279 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Aikinite  (*)
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Aldermanite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Angastonite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Berlinite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Böhmite  (*)
Boltwoodite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Brookite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcioferrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)
Chenevixite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinoenstatite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Empressite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Evansite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluellite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorwavellite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Gordonite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Huntite  (*)
Hydroglauberite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Iron  (*)Jahnsite-(CaFeMg)  (*)Jahnsite-(NaFeMg)  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kapundaite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Kingite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lead  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manganochromite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mendipite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metanatroautunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Meurigite-Na  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minyulite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Morinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Nickel  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Peisleyite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perhamite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Russellite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Saléeite  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stilbite-Na  (*)Strelkinite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sulvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)Tinticite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Ushkovite  (*)
Variscite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Wardite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Xanthoxenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S541521512266,12279,12327,12330,124012793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2512231,12334,12344,12345,123853419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)112269254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O11226990
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3112211315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS112373312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)630630712194,12231,12332,12333,12334,12344,123458803
Aldermanite  (*)Aldermanite[Mg(H2O)6][Na(H2O)2Al3(PO4)2(OH)6]·H2O512179,12180,12215,12216,122285
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)541521112399706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3530530212255,123492353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6312216,12282,12305966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O5415211123991627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2412231,12232,12288,123732162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5541521312349,12373,123991310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3541521312231,12385,124021534
Angastonite  (*)NoneCaMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)4·7H2O1121801
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)512254,12269,12281,12306,123302734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2412248,12384,12429,124483092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1122421036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4112182708
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4112258246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)6305211112180,12194,12205,12216,12236,12269,12281,12314,12363,12388,123993250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs112279379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O112269194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6305211412196,12248,12254,12255,12257,12258,12266,12269,12279,12358,12373,12401,12402,124509052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)36505301212188,12194,12195,12199,12200,12201,12211,12213,12269,12276,12349,12408544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61122422060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6112269919
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O412179,12215,12216,1222822
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1122281272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)26505214812177,12188,12189,12190,12191,12194,12195,12199,12200,12201,12205,12211,12213,12224,12229,12231,12233,12236,12239,12248,12249,12255,12256,12258,12259,12264,12266,12268,12269,12271,12276,12279,12287,12302,12310,12319,12349,12360,12361,12362,12363,12371,12374,12384,12389,12391,12393,124025509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O112269150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6506302312179,12194,12200,12205,12213,12215,12216,12231,12244,12252,12266,12269,12300,12307,12309,12327,12335,12338,12340,12384,12412,12417,1242911547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)211217583
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2112269172
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O212179,12216136
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)11222828
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18912215,12216,12334,12386,12423,12438,12439,12443,124464286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6212254,12269413
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O112381178
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3112451214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi530530612248,12266,12308,12312,12349,124361966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3530530512211,12248,12266,12349,124361935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)612248,12312,12354,12436,12443,12451716
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)112424195
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O11229767
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46505301912180,12194,12200,12204,12207,12211,12213,12224,12239,12255,12268,12349,12364,12384,12429,12431,12436,12448,124505516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11541521212373,12402843
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6212297,12429248
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb112373175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6630630212194,122691633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr212266,12269227
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2112231700
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O412179,12215,12216,12228280
Calcioferrite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgFe3+4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O1121799
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6305213812179,12180,12182,12191,12194,12195,12200,12201,12204,12205,12215,12216,12231,12233,12248,12249,12262,12281,12285,12306,12307,12309,12310,12314,12332,12352,12359,12361,12362,12363,12373,12384,12389,12399,12415,12417,12436,1244827770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2112269178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25305301123495171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5415211712224,12236,12260,12263,12269,12271,12279,12281,12308,12309,12310,12327,12330,12347,12401,12402,124494979
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O54152111239966
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O630521612194,12216,12231,12248,12384,12402925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S6505302712177,12189,12194,12195,12200,12204,12205,12207,12211,12213,12224,12231,12239,12248,12249,12255,12258,12264,12276,12287,12310,12349,12352,12360,12374,12391,124485707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O112269197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26505215212177,12180,12189,12191,12194,12195,12196,12199,12200,12201,12204,12205,12207,12211,12213,12231,12233,12248,12249,12255,12256,12257,12258,12266,12268,12269,12276,12279,12287,12302,12310,12319,12349,12352,12360,12361,12362,12364,12373,12384,12389,12391,12393,12399,12401,12402,12429,12436,12448,12450,12452,1245427198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O212179,1221677
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)211227990
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O312179,12215,1221693
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl112373203
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl312266,12269,123271382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41122423902
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4112438321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6306301112190,12194,12195,12199,12205,12211,12231,12236,12248,12367,123843531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4212434,12443951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe112429281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8212231,123731756
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O611224294
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1122881025
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O112269295
Copper  (*)CopperCu6505302312177,12194,12205,12211,12213,12231,12233,12248,12249,12257,12268,12274,12276,12349,12352,12360,12364,12384,12395,12429,12430,12431,124363846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18212373,123861008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16112269227
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3312288,12424,124381797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6305301412194,12195,12196,12224,12231,12255,12258,12269,12349,12352,12384,12429,12448,124504165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6612179,12180,12215,12216,12228,12238310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16630630212194,12418599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3530530212349,12373802
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O11226943
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O6505212012194,12199,12201,12205,12211,12213,12233,12239,12248,12249,12255,12264,12269,12302,12349,12360,12361,12389,12402,124362970
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O512179,12215,12216,12228,1223860
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)38312344,12345,1237931
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2112269144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)630630112195378
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)411226957
Diamond  (*)DiamondC112272697
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)212424,12439481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S630530512194,12195,12224,12279,123491027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6212242,123734135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26306302012189,12194,12200,12205,12224,12229,12231,12233,12340,12360,12363,12405,12406,12408,12411,12415,12416,12417,12418,124279895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)212216,12288648
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O312179,12216,12228139
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)112269220
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)112443520
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe11242943
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6112242944
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O112215128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)530530712231,12238,12288,12344,12345,12349,123858173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O541521212222,12402484
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O11221656
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)112323551
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O612179,12180,12215,12216,12228,1223840
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F630630912179,12180,12194,12215,12216,12228,12238,12296,123822740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2650650212213,122319617
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O11221626
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1122421188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12112373663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4541521712254,12274,12349,12373,12399,12401,12402445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5415214212211,12224,12225,12236,12248,12254,12257,12260,12262,12263,12266,12268,12269,12271,12279,12281,12283,12284,12285,12306,12307,12308,12309,12310,12319,12327,12328,12329,12330,12337,12347,12349,12352,12373,12392,12399,12401,12402,12414,12448,12450,1245224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4541521112402192
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2112222137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)6306302412179,12180,12192,12194,12196,12215,12216,12228,12231,12236,12242,12248,12258,12266,12269,12334,12347,12352,12384,12397,12417,12429,12433,124487437
Gold  (*)CopperAu6305216312184,12185,12186,12194,12196,12198,12211,12229,12231,12248,12249,12251,12252,12257,12260,12262,12266,12274,12275,12279,12308,12312,12317,12322,12323,12337,12349,12352,12354,12358,12360,12364,12365,12367,12369,12377,12384,12391,12394,12395,12401,12402,12408,12420,12421,12422,12426,12427,12429,12430,12431,12433,12436,12437,12438,12443,12444,12448,12449,12450,12451,12453,1245430554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6112179121
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O312180,12216,1238118
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O112254188
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6112295173
Graphite  (*)NoneC1123732812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS212448,12450717
Grossite  (*)NoneCaAl4O711224219
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS112373170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O630630812180,12194,12215,12216,12222,12228,12269,123846890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl312222,12228,123731398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6112242741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36306302712177,12179,12180,12194,12196,12205,12211,12215,12216,12228,12231,12269,12290,12291,12293,12295,12344,12345,12359,12373,12384,12429,12433,12435,12436,12445,1245114640
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1911224280
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4312340,12405,1240669
Hydroglauberite  (*)NoneNa10Ca3(SO4)8·6H2O11222216
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)11221656
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH312179,12228,12373367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61122691066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3530530712231,12288,12291,12293,12303,12345,123495433
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI630630512194,12266,12269,12326,12362180
Iron  (*)IronFe1122421089
Jahnsite-(CaFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaFe2+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O1122161
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteNaFe3+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O1122163
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14412254,12260,12279,12373784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66306301112179,12194,12196,12215,12216,12228,12258,12266,12269,12373,123842228
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S53053011234986
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)46306301212179,12194,12216,12251,12252,12268,12334,12337,12411,12424,12439,124405591
Kapundaite  (*)NoneCaNaFe3+4(PO4)4(OH)3·5H2O1122163
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O112297198
Kingite  (*)NoneAl3(PO4)2F2(OH)·7H2O212216,1222812
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4812219,12274,12288,12373,12424,12438,12439,124441507
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)353053011234930
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O112269593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O5415211123991271
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O212258,12269149
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2530530112349232
Lead  (*)CopperPb212257,12260192
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)112216581
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O412179,12215,12216,12228110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)630630212194,12259234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2212231,12269987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2212266,12279762
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4112338229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)212224,122481487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45415211312177,12180,12211,12231,12242,12283,12288,12291,12301,12349,12402,12435,1243614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26505215212177,12188,12189,12191,12194,12195,12196,12199,12200,12201,12204,12205,12207,12211,12212,12213,12224,12229,12231,12233,12236,12239,12248,12249,12255,12256,12258,12259,12264,12266,12268,12269,12271,12276,12279,12287,12302,12310,12319,12349,12360,12361,12362,12363,12367,12371,12374,12384,12389,12391,12393,1240212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)112180770
Manganochromite  (*)SpinelMn2+Cr2O41123736
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2541521612248,12254,12279,12349,12373,124025674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O541521212254,12402915
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl211226917
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24112254158
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O112297388
Metanatroautunite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O1122288
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O112228443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O112258182
Meurigite-Na  (*)Phosphofibrite[Na(H2O)2.5][Fe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]312179,12215,122167
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)630630212194,123344924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1122691107
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O712179,12180,12215,12216,12228,12381,1238231
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O212179,12216129
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O112269168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2530530212349,124325800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)530530112349945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O630630412194,12238,12333,123341508
Morinite  (*)NoneNaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O11221622
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26305212112179,12180,12192,12196,12215,12216,12220,12231,12248,12334,12349,12373,12384,12402,12423,12424,12435,12439,12442,12443,1244617380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O412179,12215,12216,1222846
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6212216,12269254
Nickel  (*)CopperNi11237357
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs112373633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O630630212178,12194471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)212258,12269492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O630630712176,12177,12194,12231,12237,12335,124432994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3212258,12279511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)630521412194,12215,12216,123992349
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O11226940
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS112450767
Peisleyite  (*)NoneNa3Al16(PO4)10(SO4)2(OH)17·20H2O1122161
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8530530312242,12349,123731512
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O412179,12180,12215,1221619
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3112242495
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O112258428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2630630312194,12303,123732273
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2312269,12327,12328142
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O112216182
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6112269477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]112254716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O112269309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541521212373,123991898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3112279733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4630630112194369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3212254,123731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26505216212179,12180,12192,12194,12195,12196,12198,12199,12200,12204,12205,12209,12211,12213,12215,12216,12224,12229,12231,12239,12248,12251,12252,12255,12256,12258,12266,12269,12274,12276,12279,12301,12322,12323,12332,12333,12334,12347,12349,12352,12360,12373,12377,12384,12389,12391,12399,12401,12402,12408,12415,12417,12420,12422,12429,12431,12436,12448,12449,12450,12452,1245439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2630630512180,12194,12205,12215,122313106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl541521412269,12327,12337,124011725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3112373244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2112439771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86305211012180,12196,12254,12256,12279,12349,12373,12399,12401,124029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO265052111812177,12179,12180,12182,12184,12185,12186,12189,12191,12192,12194,12195,12196,12200,12201,12204,12205,12207,12209,12211,12213,12215,12216,12220,12225,12228,12229,12231,12232,12236,12238,12239,12244,12246,12248,12249,12251,12252,12255,12256,12257,12258,12262,12263,12266,12268,12269,12271,12274,12276,12279,12281,12287,12290,12293,12300,12302,12303,12312,12319,12323,12327,12330,12333,12334,12337,12340,12342,12349,12352,12354,12360,12361,12362,12363,12367,12371,12373,12374,12377,12384,12386,12389,12391,12393,12394,12397,12400,12401,12402,12405,12406,12407,12408,12409,12410,12415,12416,12417,12418,12420,12422,12423,12426,12427,12429,12433,12436,12437,12444,12445,12448,12449,12450,12451,12452,12453,1245461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1122691711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5212179,12216206
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO611235440
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO26306302812196,12198,12215,12216,12220,12231,12248,12251,12274,12284,12288,12290,12291,12293,12303,12320,12334,12373,12377,12379,12384,12400,12424,12429,12438,12439,12440,124415614
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1011221695
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O112179301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)212303,123234894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)912215,12290,12317,12384,12386,12423,12439,12443,124442705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O312258,12269,122791153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6112269134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O112269292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)6305212012179,12191,12194,12196,12201,12204,12215,12216,12233,12248,12266,12269,12352,12361,12363,12373,12377,12387,12399,124486417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5541521812231,12288,12301,12334,12373,12399,12424,124361516
Silver  (*)CopperAg6305301112196,12231,12248,12254,12257,12260,12269,12349,12369,12391,123955186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)541521912224,12236,12269,12308,12309,12310,12327,12364,123992473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3212180,123731214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6305212112194,12220,12236,12248,12254,12260,12266,12269,12279,12281,12285,12327,12349,12373,12384,12399,12401,12402,12448,12450,1245321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4212242,122881934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4112373668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)541521812183,12184,12185,12186,12219,12274,12349,12402978
Stilbite-Na  (*)StilbiteNa9(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O54152111239915
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O1122288
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O112179263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5415211012216,12248,12252,12254,12269,12274,12306,12364,12384,124022045
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS463063011219548
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2630630912182,12194,12228,12237,12248,12252,12332,12333,123343337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13541521412211,12279,12402,124501803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO650521612194,12211,12213,12255,12384,124021101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13541521512231,12254,12266,12373,124025317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O212179,12228452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1124291006
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1122169
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O212179,1221619
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O212231,123734899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O630630112194433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2212274,124381476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2630630512182,12194,12231,12373,124432562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1122421044
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O312179,12216,12228484
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS112373293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2212211,122972718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O112297890
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O11229751
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O11221618
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O412179,12215,12216,12228301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O212179,12334652
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)263063011219546
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O530530512179,12214,12215,12228,12349636
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O630630112195155
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O11221658
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O712179,12180,12215,12216,12228,12238,12381374
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)112330251
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3212429,12436297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31123851247
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O11221629
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)112323939
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)211226928
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)630630412194,12231,12274,122885251


4 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-00043630630U. Proterozoic       Cu152Burra Burra Copper Mine (Burra Mine; Monster Mine), Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaBurraCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00045650650Upper Proterozoic       Cu13477Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaKapundaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00046530530Cambrian       Cu13473Kanmantoo Mine (Kanmantoo West; Kanmantoo North), Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaKanmantooCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedexmvt-00007541521Early Cambrian host rock age      195763Angas Mine, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaAngasTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120092Moculta Phosphate Quarry (Klemm's Quarry), Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R120092
R060853Burra Burra Copper Mine (Burra Mine; Monster Mine), Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060853
R050219Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R050219
R100073Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R100073
R100072Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R100072

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