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Locality Name:
Cleve, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 214471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cleve, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Arno Bay Mine (Windittie Mine)
Cleve Silver-Lead Mine (Cock And Pike)
Elson Mine
Poonana Mine
Yelduknie Weir Quarry

Latitude: 33°41'42"S
Longitude: 136°31'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.695,136.52638888889

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: Ag C Ca Cl Cu H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2211776,117795509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)211777,117794979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1117795707
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1117771382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1117794165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21117779895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS311777,11778,1177924243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2211776,1177912537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2411776,11777,11778,1177961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11177921482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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