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Locality Name:
Carrieton, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 22766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrieton, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bendleby Mine
Boolcunda Manganese Mine
Kimberlite FBS5
Oladdie Barytes Mine (Oladdie)
Oladdie Mine
Rhondda Mine

Latitude: 32°24'12"S
Longitude: 138°33'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.403333333333,138.56361111111

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiamondGarnetMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Diamond  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3112119544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21121195509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)412116,12117,12118,1211911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11211827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2212118,1211927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41121163902
Diamond  (*)DiamondC112116697
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31121165433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2212118,1211912537
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21121162273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3112116341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211211861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1121141711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1121186417



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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