Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moolooloo, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 219281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moolooloo, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
North Moolooloo Deposit
Nuccaleena Mine

Latitude: 30°57'20"S
Longitude: 138°30'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.955555555556,138.50638888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12033	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	12033	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12033	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12033	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12033	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	12033	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	12033	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	12033	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12033	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12033	7437
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	12033	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12033	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12033	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	12033	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	12033	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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