Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 18789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Atitjere
Benstead Mine
Black Cat Mine
Blackfellows Bones Bore Area
Blackfellows' Bones Mine
Butcher Bird Mine
Camp Hill Mine
Central Deposit
Disputed Creek Asbestos Deposit
Eastern Chief Mine
Eldorado Mine
Gemtree 'garnet Lease'
Harts Range Garnet Sand Mine (Harts Range Project)
Kismet Mine
Kong Bore Area
Mt Palmer
Old Mount Riddock Homestead Mine
Old Station Well
Painted Canyon Mine
Pomari's Mine (Pomari Ghelfi Mine)
Rex Mine
Selin's Prospect (Selin's Copper Prospect)
Spotted Tiger Mine
Stone's Mine
Unnamed Kornerupine Location (E)
Unnamed Kornerupine Location (W)

Latitude: 23°2'19"S
Longitude: 134°45'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.038611111111,134.75944444444

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Atacamite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Kornerupine	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Serpentine	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Turquoise

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Corundum ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Atacamite Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Kornerupine Malachite Melanterite Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Serpentine Spinel
Talc Titanite Tourmaline Turquoise

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	10675,10687	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	7	10656,10657,10664,10672,10675,10684,10685	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	10683	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	10661	708
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	10683	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	10676	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	10659,10683	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	14	10657,10662,10666,10667,10669,10672,10673,10674,10675,10676,10677,10678,10679,10684	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	10667,10671,10672	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	10682	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	10683	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	10683	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	10661	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	0		321
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	10683	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	10661	951
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	10687	1797
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	10679	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	10656,10667,10668,10680,10681	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	10672	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	10670	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	10665,10670	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	10668	5591
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	2	10686,10687	68
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	10658,10676,10687	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	10659,10683	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	10683	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	9	10654,10663,10667,10670,10671,10672,10679,10684,10685	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	24	10654,10656,10657,10658,10660,10662,10663,10666,10667,10668,10669,10671,10672,10673,10674,10675,10676,10677,10678,10679,10680,10682,10684,10685	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	10669,10670	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	10687	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	10674	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	10680	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	10654,10656,10657,10658,10660,10661,10662,10663,10666,10667,10668,10669,10671,10672,10673,10674,10675,10676,10677,10678,10679,10680,10681,10684,10685	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	10665,10667,10672,10676,10682	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	2	10658,10680	353
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	10687	129
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	14	10656,10657,10667,10668,10671,10672,10673,10675,10676,10677,10678,10679,10684,10685	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	10662,10676,10687	1516
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	10661	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	10672	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	10663	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-67	Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-67

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