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Locality Name:
Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1580
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.1

mindat Locality ID: 22135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Billeroo Copper Mine
Billeroo Davidite Prospect (Becaroo Prospect)
Billeroo North Alkaline Complex
Crocker Well (Crocker's Well)
Ethiudna East Cobalt Prospect
Glenorchy Homestead Area
Lookout Hill Mine (Lookout Mine)
Mindamereeka Hill
Mt Victor Homestead Area
Plumbago No: 1
Plumbago No:2 Mine (Plumbago Woolshed Fluorite Deposit; Plumbago Fluorite Mine)
The Ethiudna Mines
Tombstone Hill

Latitude: 32°'42"S
Longitude: 139°50'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.011666666667,139.83861111111

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite
Beryl	Brannerite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Löllingite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Sulphur	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Wollastonite

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 Au C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti U V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite
Beryl Brannerite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Löllingite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Skutterudite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Sulphur Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Vivianite Wollastonite

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bornite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Nickel ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Thorutite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12584	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	25	3.1	1	12565	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	25	3.1	1	12565	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	3	12567,12578,12584	1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12584	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25	3.1	2	12584,12587	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	25	3.1	2	12567,12584	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	4	12563,12572,12584,12587	5509
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1580	1580	1	12566	304
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	3.1	1	12567	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1580	1580	1	12566	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	4	12565,12577,12584,12587	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	25	3.1	1	12565	232
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	3.1	2	12567,12577	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	6	12565,12567,12572,12583,12584,12587	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12584	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	8	12563,12567,12577,12584,12585,12586,12587,12588	3531
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	25	3.1	1	12584	94
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	1	12584	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	25	3.1	4	12567,12584,12587,12588	966
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	1	12584	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	25	3.1	2	12572,12585	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	25	3.1	1	12584	1008
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	25	3.1	1	12584	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25	3.1	1	12567	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	25	3.1	2	12572,12585	2970
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	1580	3.1	7	12564,12566,12569,12571,12572,12575,12576	31
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	25	3.1	4	12577,12584,12588,12589	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	4	12565,12567,12578,12584	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	25	3.1	1	12567	814
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1580	1580	1	12566	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	25	3.1	3	12565,12582,12583	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	3.1	2	12584,12587	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	25	3.1	1	12567	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	25	3.1	3	12580,12581,12584	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	3.1	3	12572,12580,12581	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	25	3.1	1	12584	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	2	12577,12584	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25	3.1	3	12572,12580,12587	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	25	3.1	1	12565	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	3.1	1	12584	2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	25	3.1	1	12567	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	25	3.1	2	12584,12587	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25	3.1	4	12565,12572,12584,12587	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	9	12563,12567,12572,12577,12582,12583,12584,12586,12587	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	25	3.1	2	12567,12584	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	25	3.1	1	12567	176
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	3.1	2	12584,12587	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	2	12565,12584	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	25	3.1	1	12565	884
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	25	3.1	1	12584	57
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	25	3.1	1	12584	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	25	3.1	1	12584	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	25	3.1	2	12584,12587	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1580	3.1	3	12565,12566,12572	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	7	12565,12567,12572,12577,12580,12581,12584	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25	3.1	3	12567,12572,12584	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	8	12577,12580,12581,12582,12584,12587,12588,12589	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1580	3.1	3	12566,12572,12576	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	25	3.1	3	12567,12572,12584	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	25	3.1	1	12572	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	25	3.1	1	12584	1516
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	25	3.1	3	12567,12584,12587	531
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	25	3.1	1	12565	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	3.1	2	12584,12587	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	25	3.1	1	12581	2045
Thorutite ()*	Brannerite	(Th,U,Ca)Ti₂(O,OH)₆	1580	1580	1	12566	10
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	25	3.1	2	12565,12567	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	3	12567,12577,12584	2562
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	25	3.1	2	12584,12587	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	25	3.1	2	12577,12584	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	25	3.1	2	12584,12587	380
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	25	3.1	5	12567,12577,12584,12587,12589	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	3.1	1	12584	1025

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.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
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
Jen_0001540	1580	1580	1580	U-Pb	age of mineralization	zircon		Zircon		154	Crocker Well (Crocker's Well), Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia	Crocker's Well	Lumpkin et al. (2012)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.09.008	CG291_55	associatedwith late tectonic granitoid intrusions containing plagioclase, quartz, and K-feldspar asmajor constituents. Here, the brannerite occurs as an accessory mineral in the granitic rocks, particularly in shear zones and fractures, and is usually associated with rutile

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110047	Billeroo Davidite Prospect (Becaroo Prospect), Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R110047
R060613	Crocker Well (Crocker's Well), Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060613
R080091	Crocker Well (Crocker's Well), Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R080091

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