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Locality Name:
Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 16628
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16628.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 173
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 143

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Ameroo Hill
Anabama Hill
Bimbowrie Station
Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta)
Centralia Mine
Curnamona
Kalabity Homestead Area
Kalkaroo Area
Manna Hill (Mannahill)
Mingary
Mount Bull Mine
Mt Victor Plumbago Station
North Portia Prospect
Olary
Old Boolcoomata Station
Oodla Wirra
Outalpa Siding
Outalpa Station
Pandappa
Portia Prospect (Benagferie Gold Pty Ltd; ML 6346)
Putt Well Mine
Radium Hill Area
Thunder Queen Mine
Wadnaminga Goldfield
Walparuta Mine
Waukaringa
Weekeroo Station
Yunta

Latitude: 32°11'42"S
Longitude: 140°5'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.195,140.09027777778
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 C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Er F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Te Th Ti U V W Y Yb Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmarantiteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteAndalusite
ApatiteAragoniteArrojaditeArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryte
BastnäsiteBerylBismutiteBranneriteBrochantiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCarbocernaiteCerite
ChabaziteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteChildreniteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltite
ColumbiteConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteDiasporeDigenite
DufréniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHureaulite
IronJahnsiteKanoneroviteKaoliniteLöllingiteLaueiteLazuliteLipscombiteMalachiteMarcasite
MckelveyiteMelanteriteMeta-autuniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNadoriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePhosphosideritePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RockbridgeiteRocksaltRoseliteRutileRömeriteScapoliteScheeliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSmolyaninovite
SodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteSulphurTalcTengeriteThomsonite
TitaniteTourmalineTridymiteTripliteTurquoiseVesuvianiteVivianiteWagneriteWarditeWavellite
WollastoniteWurtziteZircon

232 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Altaite  (*)Amarantite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)Baumoite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Nd)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Caysichite-(Y)  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chenevixite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltaustinite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cuprocopiapite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)Decrespignyite-(Y)  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Domerockite  (*)Donnayite-(Y)  (*)Dravite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Euchroite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluorophlogopite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Heterogenite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hylbrownite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Jahnsite-(NaMnMg)  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laueite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lipscombite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnesiobermanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Margarite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metahohmannite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nickel  (*)Nickelaustinite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Paratooite-(La)  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Römerite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Roselite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Smolyaninovite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tengerite-(Y)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorutite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Törnebohmite-(La)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Triplite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospathite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xanthoxenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S253.1512552,12555,12626,12639,126652793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2250001212525,12584,12597,12599,12601,12604,12619,12636,12648,12649,12653,126703419
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O253.111252590
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)25003.11312525,12542,12565,12591,12597,12616,12618,12636,12641,12649,12661,12670,126718803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3253.1312529,12593,126672353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe253.1112635489
Amarantite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O253.1212551,1255222
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O25000212565,126701627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2253.1212591,126342162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5253.1812505,12517,12519,12525,12528,12535,12599,126301310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3253.1412536,12567,12578,125841534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2253.1312591,12656,126653092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)250001126701036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2253.1112584718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)253.1212623,126483250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O253.1112525194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS253.11312525,12535,12543,12584,12587,12591,12626,12635,12648,12649,12651,12663,126649052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O253.111252535
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)325000512525,12535,12552,12622,12670544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6253.1312567,12584,126682060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O253.1312509,12517,126491272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2250001612521,12524,12552,12555,12563,12572,12584,12587,12599,12608,12609,12619,12623,12639,12646,126705509
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2253.1212528,1252943
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)25000512591,12597,12611,12649,1267011547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F15800212566,12670304
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F514011267030
Baumoite  (*)Not in a structural groupBa0.5[(UO2)3O8Mo2(OH)3](H2O)3253.11126381
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O253.1212528,1252955
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18253.11112509,12519,12520,12528,12529,12534,12602,12616,12617,12619,126314286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi253.1212541,125551966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3253.1212541,125521935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)253.1112541716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4253.11112536,12552,12555,12567,12597,12639,12644,12646,12648,12649,126615516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O625000512539,12566,12631,12649,12670248
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)5140112670115
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6253.11125251633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O253.1112529280
Calcioancylite-(Nd)  (*)AncyliteNd2.8Ca1.2(CO3)4(OH)3·H2O51401126705
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)250001712525,12535,12541,12551,12552,12553,12565,12577,12584,12587,12591,12601,12639,12646,12648,12649,1267027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O253.1112565232
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O253.11126491184
Caysichite-(Y)  (*)None(Ca,Yb,Er)4Y4(Si8O20)(CO3)6(OH)·7H2O51401126708
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)250001126701252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)253.1212654,126594979
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O2500011267066
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O253.1212552,12619925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4503.11412512,12513,12525,12536,12552,12567,12577,12591,12623,12639,12641,12646,12648,126635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2250003812513,12525,12530,12535,12536,12541,12543,12552,12554,12555,12559,12565,12567,12572,12583,12584,12587,12591,12593,12597,12608,12619,12621,12623,12625,12626,12636,12639,12641,12646,12648,12649,12656,12659,12661,12663,12664,1267027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O253.1212510,1256177
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8253.1112667577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2253.111252590
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O253.111252993
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl253.1112668203
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl253.11126411382
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2253.1112584376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4253.11126683902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O250001912513,12525,12551,12552,12561,12563,12567,12577,12584,12585,12586,12587,12588,12619,12641,12646,12648,12649,126703531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8253.11126491756
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3253.1112525127
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6253.111258494
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)253.1212584,126611025
Cobaltaustinite  (*)AdeliteCaCo(AsO4)(OH)253.1212525,1253511
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS253.1612535,12536,12567,12584,12587,12588966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O25000212536,12670566
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)253.1212525,12584363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O25000112670295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O253.1412551,12552,12628,12665382
Copper  (*)CopperCu253.11112525,12551,12552,12553,12572,12585,12591,12593,12619,12661,126683846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O253.1212551,12552136
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18253.11125841008
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4253.1212525,12584175
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3253.1412500,12544,12619,126371797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4503.11012513,12525,12552,12567,12591,12619,12641,12646,12663,126644165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)253.111266081
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O25000912525,12530,12551,12552,12553,12572,12585,12639,126702970
Cuprocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCu2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O253.111255212
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O253.111252960
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)3815803.1812564,12566,12569,12571,12572,12575,12576,1264931
Decrespignyite-(Y)  (*)NoneY4Cu(CO3)4Cl(OH)5·2H2O51401126701
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)253.1112529481
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)ArrojaditeK(NaMn)CaNa3AlMn13(PO4)12(OH)2253.1212528,1252926
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S25000212510,126701027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6253.1612577,12584,12588,12589,12597,126344135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O253.1112525164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225000712552,12591,12623,12651,12655,12665,126709895
Domerockite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu4(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)3·H2O253.11125251
Donnayite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaSr3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O514011267013
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)253.1112653648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4253.1112591910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25003.11512513,12525,12536,12565,12567,12578,12584,12609,12613,12619,12636,12649,12661,12670,126718173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O253.1412525,12535,12541,12567814
Euchroite  (*)NoneCu2(AsO4)(OH)·3H2O253.111252524
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2253.1112536129
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F15803.1512520,12566,12600,12617,126492740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2253.1912521,12536,12565,12582,12583,12591,12601,12604,126619617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2253.111252047
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4253.1112521445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS253.11712535,12540,12552,12584,12587,12591,12625,12626,12635,12639,12644,12651,12654,12656,12659,12660,1266524243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS253.1112567131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)250001812500,12510,12513,12525,12540,12552,12561,12580,12581,12584,12622,12641,12646,12648,12649,12656,12657,126707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu253.13712525,12536,12540,12541,12543,12552,12558,12559,12572,12580,12581,12591,12593,12594,12597,12619,12621,12623,12625,12626,12627,12628,12635,12636,12641,12646,12648,12651,12653,12655,12656,12657,12658,12659,12663,12664,1266530554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6253.1112561121
Graphite  (*)NoneC253.1312584,12599,126002812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3253.1512536,12577,12584,12601,126041544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O25000512525,12551,12552,12649,126706890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O253.1212656,12665409
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2253.1112536209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6253.1112536741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3250001812510,12540,12542,12547,12561,12572,12580,12587,12591,12593,12597,12621,12641,12646,12649,12657,12661,1267014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te253.1112536804
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)253.1112525111
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O253.1112529125
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6253.1312523,12601,1262865
Hylbrownite  (*)KanoneroviteNa3MgP3O10·12H2O253.11125252
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O325000612517,12551,12565,12649,12668,126705433
Iron  (*)IronFe253.11126681089
Jahnsite-(NaMnMg)  (*)Jahnsite(Na,Ca)(Mn2+,Fe3+)(Mg,Fe3+)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8253.11126173
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6253.11012510,12525,12528,12529,12561,12584,12593,12622,12646,126632228
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O514011267028
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)425000312513,12525,126705591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4253.1512544,12551,12552,12637,126481507
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O253.111252970
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O253.1212567,126491271
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O253.1212525,12535149
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2253.111252947
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2253.1312525,12584,12587762
Magnesiobermanite  (*)ArthuriteMgMn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O253.11126171
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4250002312510,12513,12525,12530,12536,12551,12552,12554,12561,12565,12572,12584,12587,12591,12593,12597,12611,12619,12645,12646,12649,12661,1267014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2250003712512,12513,12521,12524,12525,12530,12541,12551,12552,12553,12555,12563,12567,12572,12577,12582,12583,12584,12586,12587,12593,12597,12599,12609,12613,12619,12622,12623,12636,12639,12641,12646,12648,12649,12660,12661,1267012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2253.1212567,125845674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2253.1112517168
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)253.1112567176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O253.1612529,12551,12552,12628,12664,12665915
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7253.1112668230
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O253.1112517388
Metahohmannite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·4H2O253.1212551,125529
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O253.1112649443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O253.1112525182
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)253.11012519,12520,12528,12529,12602,12613,12616,12617,12618,126194924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl253.11125411107
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O253.1112529129
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O253.1112525168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24503.11312513,12536,12551,12552,12554,12559,12584,12587,12591,12597,12608,12648,126495800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)5140112670945
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)253.1112634153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O253.11125291508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2250002012513,12519,12520,12528,12529,12565,12584,12602,12616,12617,12618,12619,12630,12641,12646,12648,12649,12661,12664,1267017380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O253.1212510,1256146
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6253.1412510,12523,12525,12541254
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)253.1112565884
Nickel  (*)CopperNi253.111258457
Nickelaustinite  (*)AdeliteCaNi(AsO4)(OH)253.11125256
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O25000212525,12670471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)253.1212525,12584492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O253.1212525,125842994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)253.11126612349
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6253.1212525,12656158
Paratooite-(La)  (*)Carbocernaite(La,Ca,Na,Sr)6Cu(CO3)851401126701
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8253.1212584,125871512
Perite  (*)NadoritePbBiO2Cl253.111254127
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3253.1112634495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)215803.1712519,12565,12566,12572,12602,12617,126342273
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O253.1112529182
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)253.1112598260
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6253.1112668303
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2253.1212551,125521898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)425000212622,12670369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2250004512509,12513,12525,12529,12535,12536,12541,12543,12551,12552,12554,12555,12559,12565,12567,12572,12577,12580,12581,12584,12591,12593,12594,12597,12599,12609,12619,12621,12626,12636,12639,12641,12646,12648,12649,12651,12654,12656,12659,12660,12661,12663,12664,12665,1267039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl253.1312656,12659,126601725
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3253.1112634341
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3253.1112525244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2253.1212500,12619771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8253.11812525,12536,12541,12551,12552,12553,12554,12555,12567,12572,12584,12593,12597,12621,12639,12659,12663,126649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2250006512512,12519,12520,12521,12525,12528,12529,12530,12536,12540,12541,12543,12551,12552,12554,12555,12561,12577,12580,12581,12582,12584,12587,12588,12589,12591,12593,12594,12597,12599,12600,12601,12602,12611,12613,12616,12617,12618,12619,12621,12622,12623,12625,12626,12636,12639,12641,12646,12648,12649,12651,12653,12654,12655,12656,12657,12658,12659,12660,12661,12663,12664,12665,12667,1267061156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2253.1112510375
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5253.1212510,12561206
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O253.1212551,12552115
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2253.1112649253
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O253.111253523
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O253.1112664293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO215803.11112519,12520,12566,12572,12576,12591,12602,12617,12649,12653,126685614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8253.1412519,12520,12602,12617353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)253.1612536,12567,12572,12584,12597,126014894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)253.1312524,12528,126162705
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P253.1112668374
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O253.1312525,12593,126511153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)250001012536,12541,12542,12551,12572,12591,12621,12653,12657,126706417
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O253.111265673
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5253.1312509,12584,126491516
Silver  (*)CopperAg253.11125125186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3253.1412535,12567,12584,12587531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)253.1212551,125522473
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O253.111252513
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl253.1112565444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3253.11125211214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS253.11112535,12536,12551,12552,12555,12584,12587,12591,12626,12651,1266021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4253.1212637,126681934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)253.1212525,12630978
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O253.1312510,12561,12631263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS253.1612551,12552,12581,12641,12646,126652045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F5140112670232
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)253.1112668703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2253.11126553337
Tengerite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteY2(CO3)3·2-3H2O514011267024
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO25000212525,126701101
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O253.1112649452
Thorutite  (*)Brannerite(Th,U,Ca)Ti2(O,OH)61580158011256610
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4503.1912513,12536,12565,12567,12597,12648,12649,12667,126714899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O253.11126491059
Törnebohmite-(La)  (*)FornaciteLa2Al(SiO4)2(OH)51401126702
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2253.1712536,12567,12577,12584,12591,12654,126612562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2253.1112668458
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F253.1312528,12529,12617233
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)253.111252929
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS253.11126681044
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O4503.1212500,12513484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO225000412509,12536,12649,126702718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O253.1212584,12587890
Uranospathite  (*)None(Al,   )(UO2)2F(PO4)2·20H2O253.111264920
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O253.111264951
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl253.1112659605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10253.1312577,12584,126011395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4253.1212584,12587380
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O253.1112529636
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F253.111252061
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O253.1112500374
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3253.1512567,12577,12584,12587,125891247
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O253.111252929
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)5140212591,12670939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)253.1212649,126615251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25000212584,126701025
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F253.1212522,1252947


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.
Michelle_496The Paratoo deposit is hosted in the dolomitic shales of the Burra Formation, near the Adelaidean Paratoo Diapir. A unique REE mineral assemblage is found in the top 2-3 m of the deposit.
Michelle_497The Paratoo deposit is hosted in the dolomitic shales of the Burra Formation, near the Adelaidean Paratoo Diapir. A unique REE mineral assemblage is found in the top 2-3 m of the deposit.


7 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 
PorphCu-00290450430450–430      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, TurquoiseCu205847Anabama Hill Cu Deposit, Anabama Hill, Olary Province, South Australia, AustraliaAnabama HillSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Jen_0001540158015801580U-Pbage of mineralizationzircon   Zircon  154Crocker Well (Crocker's Well), Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, AustraliaCrocker's WellLumpkin et al. (2012)10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.09.008CG291_55associatedwith late tectonic granitoid intrusions containing plagioclase, quartz, and K-feldspar asmajor constituents. Here, the brannerite occurs as an accessory mineral in the granitic rocks, particularly in shear zones and fractures, and is usually associated with rutile
Michelle_4962500252Proterozoic, Paleozoic Age of system activity at deposit      6989Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, AustraliaParatoo Copper MineBrugger et al. (2006)10.1180/0026461067060361MM70_609Age of system activity at deposit. The precise timing is unknown of the mineralization due to the complex geology. It is estimated that regional activities continued to supply heat, fluids and elements from the Proterozoic to the Paleozoic. The REE minerals were likely very late stage, mineralized with basinal brines, with REE supplied from either the Callana group or Paleo-Mesoproterozoic basement gneisses.
Michelle_4975140Delamerian, 0 Age of youngest deformation     La, Ce, Y, Nd6989Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, AustraliaParatoo Copper MineBrugger et al. (2006)10.1180/0026461067060361MM70_609Age of Delamerian Orogeny (514 - 500 ma) to recent. The precise age of REE mineralization is unkown due to the complex geology but is likely to be more recent than the Delamerian. It is estimated that regional activities continued to supply heat, fluids and elements from the Proterozoic to the Paleozoic. The REE minerals were likely very late stage, mineralized with basinal brines, with REE supplied from either the Callana group or Paleo-Mesoproterozoic basement gneisses. Sedimentation ceased at the onset of the Delamerian Orogeny.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050536Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R050536
R110047Billeroo Davidite Prospect (Becaroo Prospect), Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R110047
R060613Crocker Well (Crocker's Well), Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060613
R080091Crocker Well (Crocker's Well), Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R080091
R060302Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060302
R110066Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R110066

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