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Locality Name:
Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°57'59"S
Longitude: 137°41'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.966388888889,137.69277777778

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Titanite Tourmaline Turquoise Vivianite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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