Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Weekeroo Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.1

mindat Locality ID: 209341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weekeroo Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Micaschist Outcrop
Weekeroo Station Meteorite

Latitude: 32°15'59"S
Longitude: 139°52'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.266388888889,139.86666666667

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.

Apatite	Cerite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Iron	None	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*
Copper ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Merrillite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cerite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Garnet Iron None Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Tridymite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	1	12667	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	25	3.1	1	12668	2060
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	25	3.1	1	12667	577
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	25	3.1	1	12668	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	25	3.1	1	12668	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	25	3.1	1	12668	3846
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	25	3.1	1	12668	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	25	3.1	1	12668	1089
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	25	3.1	1	12668	230
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	25	3.1	1	12668	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	1	12667	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	25	3.1	1	12668	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	25	3.1	1	12668	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	25	3.1	1	12668	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	25	3.1	1	12668	703
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	25	3.1	1	12667	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	25	3.1	1	12668	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	25	3.1	1	12668	1044

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993b	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000993	25	25	25-4			Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000993b	6	4	6-4			Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000994	5.3	3.1	5.3-3.1	U-Pb	coffinite, carnotite	Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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