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Locality Name:
Lyndhurst, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 16632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyndhurst, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Avondale Mine
Gills Bluff Mine
Nichol Nob
White Lead Mine

Latitude: 30°14'3"S
Longitude: 138°40'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.234166666667,138.66944444444

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBournoniteBrannerite
CalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumDescloiziteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMinium
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibnite
TetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianiteVolborthite

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Laurionite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Minium  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tangeite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S212017,120182793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1120122734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21120133092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O212013,12018445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1120179052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3212018,12019544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2212017,120195509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11201711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31120171935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4212018,120195516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31120201089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6212017,12018248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)412012,12013,12015,1201827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1120124979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S312018,12019,120205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2212016,1201827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1120163531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS112017966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1120193846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O212018,120192970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)112012378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2312015,12016,120179895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O212017,12018814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21120129617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11201224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu212017,1201830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1120196890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311201814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1120121689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2112012201
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)11201249
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O11201778
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1120161487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2612013,12017,12018,12019,12020,1202112537
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4112012247
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS212017,12018767
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2112012142
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl11201271
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2212016,1201739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1120121725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2712012,12013,12016,12017,12018,12020,1202161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)212017,120186417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3412013,12017,12018531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11201221482
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)11202160
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131120181803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131120195317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS212013,12017293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2212017,120182718
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O312012,12019,12020155
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41120121655



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