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Locality Name:
Truro, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 17608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Truro, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
St Kitts Phosphate Quarry
Wheal Barton

Latitude: 34°23'53"S
Longitude: 139°7'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.398055555556,139.11861111111
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTalcWarditeWavellite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
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)21122395509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41122395516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1122395707
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6112238310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1122392970
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O11223860
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1122388173
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O11223840
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1122382740
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211223912537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1122381508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211223939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2212238,1223961156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O112238374


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