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Locality Name:
Preamimma Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 17629
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17629.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Preamimma Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°2'42"S
Longitude: 139°5'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.045,139.09555555556
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: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpiment
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartz

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O0182
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153


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