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Locality Name:
Iron Knight Mine, Iron Duke Complex, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 195771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Knight Mine, Iron Duke Complex, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°15'7"S
Longitude: 137°6'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.251944444444,137.11
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeDufréniteKaoliniteNone
PhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcWardite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Talc  (*)Wardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O060
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40112
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O058


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