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Locality Name:
Parabarana Mine, Parabarana Hill, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 17765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parabarana Mine, Parabarana Hill, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°59'15"S
Longitude: 139°42'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.9875,139.70305555556
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 Au B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTitaniteTourmaline

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39439009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)239439005509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S339439001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439439005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)394390027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S39439005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2394390027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O39439003531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39439001025
Copper  (*)CopperCu39439003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS39439004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O39439002970
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3943900648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39439008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239439009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS394390024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu394390030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC39439002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3394390014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O339439005433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O39439001271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4394390014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2394390012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239439005674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3943900443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS239439005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2394390017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)39439002349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2394390039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839439009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2394390061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)39439006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS394390021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39439004899


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_127394390392±2Ar/Ar muscovite  YesMuscovite  157410Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaArkaroola PegmMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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