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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 650
Youngest recorded age at locality: 650

mindat Locality ID: 19201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hillside Mine
Kapunda Copper Mine
Kapunda Mine
Koonunga Quarry
St John's Quarry (St Johns Phosphate Quarry; Hansberrys)
Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry)

Latitude: 34°21'19"S
Longitude: 138°56'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.355277777778,138.94083333333

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.

Aldermanite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beraunite
Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Dufrénite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Jahnsite	Kaolinite	Laueite	Lepidocrocite	Leucophosphite	Malachite	Meneghinite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perhamite	Phosphofibrite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rockbridgeite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wardite
Wavellite

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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aldermanite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Atacamite Baryte Beraunite
Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Dufrénite
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Jahnsite Kaolinite Laueite Lepidocrocite Leucophosphite Malachite Meneghinite
Mica None Not in a structural group Perhamite Phosphofibrite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rockbridgeite
Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Turquoise Vivianite Wardite
Wavellite

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Aldermanite ()*	Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Aurorite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beraunite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Dravite ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Evansite ()*	Fluellite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fluorwavellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gordonite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Jahnsite-(CaFeMg) ()*
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg) ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kapundaite ()*	Kingite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meurigite-Na ()*
Minyulite ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Morinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Peisleyite ()*	Perhamite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*
Saléeite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tinsleyite ()*	Tinticite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*
Ushkovite ()*	Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wardite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Xanthoxenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	12211	315
Aldermanite ()*	Aldermanite	[Mg(H₂O)₆][Na(H₂O)₂Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆]·H₂O			2	12215,12216	5
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	12216	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	12216	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	650	650	2	12211,12213	544
Aurorite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Mn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			2	12215,12216	22
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	650	650	2	12211,12213	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	650	650	3	12213,12215,12216	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O			1	12216	136
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	12215,12216	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	12211	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	650	650	2	12211,12213	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			2	12215,12216	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	12215,12216	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	12216	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	650	650	2	12211,12213	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	650	650	2	12211,12213	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	12216	77
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	12215,12216	93
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	12211	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	650	650	2	12211,12213	3846
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			2	12215,12216	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	650	650	2	12211,12213	2970
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O			2	12215,12216	60
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	12216	648
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	12216	139
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	12215	128
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	12216	56
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O			2	12215,12216	40
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	12215,12216	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	650	650	1	12213	9617
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O			1	12216	26
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	12211	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	12215,12216	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	12211	30554
Gordonite ()*	Laueite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	12216	18
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	12215,12216	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	12211,12215,12216	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)			1	12216	56
Jahnsite-(CaFeMg) ()*	Jahnsite	CaFe²⁺Mg₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	12216	1
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg) ()*	Jahnsite	NaFe³⁺Mg₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	12216	3
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	12215,12216	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	12216	5591
Kapundaite ()*	None	CaNaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	12216	3
Kingite ()*	None	Al₃(PO₄)₂F₂(OH)·7H₂O			1	12216	12
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	12216	581
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			2	12215,12216	110
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	12211	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	650	650	3	12211,12212,12213	12537
Meurigite-Na ()*	Phosphofibrite	[Na(H₂O)_2.5][Fe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇(H₂O)₄]			2	12215,12216	7
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O			2	12215,12216	31
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	12216	129
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O			1	12216	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	12215,12216	17380
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	12215,12216	46
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	12216	254
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	12215,12216	2349
Peisleyite ()*	None	Na₃Al₁₆(PO₄)₁₀(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₇·20H₂O			1	12216	1
Perhamite ()*	Perhamite	Ca₃Al_7.7Si₃P₄O_23.5(OH)_14.1·8H₂O			2	12215,12216	19
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	12216	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	650	650	4	12211,12213,12215,12216	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	12215	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	650	650	4	12211,12213,12215,12216	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	12216	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	12215,12216	5614
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀			1	12216	95
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	12215	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	12215,12216	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	12216	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	12211	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	650	650	2	12211,12213	1101
Tinsleyite ()*	Leucophosphite	KAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	12216	9
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O			1	12216	19
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	12216	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	12211	2718
Ushkovite ()*	Laueite	MgFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	12216	18
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			2	12215,12216	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			2	12214,12215	636
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	12216	58
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			2	12215,12216	374
Xanthoxenite ()*	None	Ca₄Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·3H₂O			1	12216	29

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00045	650	650	Upper Proterozoic										Cu	13477	Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Kapunda	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050219	Kapunda Mine, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R050219
R100073	Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R100073
R100072	Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R100072

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