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Locality Name:
Bunkers Range, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 22043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bunkers Range, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Oraparinna Homestead (Oraparinna National Park)
Third Plain Zinc Deposit

Latitude: 31°16'50"S
Longitude: 138°49'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.280555555556,138.81694444444
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAtacamiteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3112105544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)412106,12107,12110,1211111547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31121081089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)412104,12105,12107,1211027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1121055707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2412104,12105,12107,1210827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu212104,121053846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O312103,12104,121052970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2212111,121129895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11210824243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2112109286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)212105,121077437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3212103,1210514640
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O411211273
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61121121066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2512103,12104,12105,12107,1210812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2312103,12104,1210539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2612103,12104,12107,12108,12110,1211161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)212105,121086417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11211221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131121041803
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4112112303


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