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Locality Name:
Clare, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 214489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clare, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Farrell Flat
Stanley Mine (Emu Flat; Pompune Mine)

Latitude: 33°50'42"S
Longitude: 138°44'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.845,138.735

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRutile

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1122053250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21122055509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11220511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41122045516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)212204,1220527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S212204,122055707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2212204,1220527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1122053531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1122053846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1122052970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21122059895
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311220514640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2212204,1220512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2212204,1220539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21122053106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2212204,1220561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1122046417



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