Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 19060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montacute, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Adelaide Mine
Castambool (Prince Albert)
Fifth Creek Central Mine (Stainbanks)
Montacute Blue Metals Quarry (Montacute Quarry)
Montacute Mine
Morialta Diggings (Fifth Creek Diggings)
Murkuta Mine (Anstey's)
Victoria Gold Mine

Latitude: 34°52'54"S
Longitude: 138°45'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.881666666667,138.7575

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H I Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Sulphur Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12363	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	12360,12361,12362,12363	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	12364	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	12361,12362,12363	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	12360	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	12360,12361,12362,12364	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	12367	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	12360,12364	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	12360,12361	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	12360,12363	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	12360,12364,12365,12367	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	12362	180
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	12360,12361,12362,12363,12367	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12360	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	12360,12361,12362,12363,12367	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	12361,12363	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	12364	2473
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	12364	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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