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Locality Name:
O'Donoghue's Castle Mine (O'Donohue's Castle Mine), Vulkathunha - Gammon Ranges National Park, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 17162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17162.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "O'Donoghue's Castle Mine (O'Donohue's Castle Mine), Vulkathunha - Gammon Ranges National Park, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°24'55"S
Longitude: 139°18'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.415277777778,139.31583333333
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: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAmorphousAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)052
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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