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Locality Name:
Anabama Hill Cu Deposit, Anabama Hill, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 450
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.1

mindat Locality ID: 205847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anabama Hill Cu Deposit, Anabama Hill, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'6"S
Longitude: 140°12'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.718333333333,140.20888888889
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 Fe H K Mo O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNonePyriteSpinelTitaniteTurquoise

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Titanite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S45043005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2450430027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O45043003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS45043004165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)45043008173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)45043007437
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)445043005591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4450430014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2450430012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS245043005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2450430017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2450430039462
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O45043004899
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O4504300484


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993bUranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000993252525-4     Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
Giersdorf_00000993b646-4     Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
Giersdorf_000009945.33.15.3-3.1U-Pb coffinite, carnotite  Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
PorphCu-00290450430450–430      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, TurquoiseCu205847Anabama Hill Cu Deposit, Anabama Hill, Olary Province, South Australia, AustraliaAnabama HillSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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