Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 17586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Australian Industrial Minerals Mine (A.I.M.; Normandy; Reservoir; Springfield; Warren; Mount Crawford Clay; PM 13)
Barossa And Para Wirra Goldfields
Gordon Reward (Wayandah)
Mount Crawford Forest Reserve
Mt. Bessemer Mine
Tennant's Show (Thaw)

Latitude: 34°42'3"S
Longitude: 138°53'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.700833333333,138.89638888889

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Copper ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Empressite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Te Th Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenic Baryte Beryl Bismutite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Spinel Stibnite Topaz
Tourmaline Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	12429	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12429	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	12438,12439,12443,12446	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	12436	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	12436	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	12436,12443	716
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	12424	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	12429,12431,12436	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	12429	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12436	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	12429,12436	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	12438	321
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	12434,12443	951
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	12429	281
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	12429,12430,12431,12436	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	12424,12438	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	12429	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	12436	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	12424,12439	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12427	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	12443	520
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1	12429	43
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	12429,12433	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	12426,12427,12429,12430,12431,12433,12436,12437,12438,12443,12444	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	12429,12433,12435,12436,12445	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	12424,12439,12440	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	12424,12438,12439,12444	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	12435,12436	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	12432	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	12424,12435,12439,12442,12443,12446	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	12443	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	12429,12431,12436	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12439	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	12426,12427,12429,12433,12436,12437,12444,12445	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	12424,12429,12438,12439,12440,12441	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	12439,12443,12444	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	12424,12436	1516
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	12429	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	12438	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12443	2562
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2	12429,12436	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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