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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Angas Mine, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 195763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195763.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 35°15'7"S
Longitude: 138°55'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.251944444444,138.91861111111

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.

Allanite	Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Epidote	Feldspar	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Laumontite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Na ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Epidote Feldspar Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	541	521	706
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	541	521	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	541	521	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	541	521	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	521	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	541	521	66
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	521	27198
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	541	521	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	521	24243
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	541	521	1271
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	541	521	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	521	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	521	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	521	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	541	521	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	541	521	1516
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	521	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	521	21482
Stilbite-Na ()*	Stilbite	Na₉(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	541	521	15

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
	sedexmvt-00007	541	521	Early Cambrian		host rock age									195763	Angas Mine, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Angas	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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