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Locality Name:
Mount Crawford Forest Reserve, Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 17585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Crawford Forest Reserve, Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cromer C (Cromer C North; ML 3058; ML 3059 ML 3056; ML 3057; ML 3058)
Great Expectations (Warren South Mica)
Para Wirra Mica Mine (Para Wirra Mica Deposit)
Sailors Gully
Watt's Gully

Latitude: 34°43'37"S
Longitude: 138°56'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.726944444444,138.94388888889
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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleBerylBismutiteClayCopperDiasporeKaoliniteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyrophylliteQuartzRutileSerpentineTourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Diaspore  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181124434286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)112443716
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4112443951
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)112443520
Gold  (*)CopperAu212443,1244430554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41124405591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41124441507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2212442,1244317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1124432994
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211244461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2212440,124415614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)212443,124442705
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21124432562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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