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Locality Name:
Mount Fitton Homestead, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 22768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Fitton Homestead, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Billy Springs Mine (Mount Fitton Mine; 23M; Good Luck Mine)
Hamilton Mine
Mount Fitton Consolidated
Mount Fitton Mines
Mount Fitton South Mine (Harrisons Claim; Mount Fitton South Extended; Warners; Mount Fitton Consolidated)
Mount Fitton Talc Mines
Pinnacles Mine

Latitude: 29°55'56"S
Longitude: 139°28'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.932222222222,139.47222222222
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteFluoriteHumiteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphalerite
SpinelTalcTetrahedrite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3943901119262734
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4394390111929708
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6394390111926919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2394390511926,11927,11929,11930,119325509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)39439011192627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3943901119264979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4394390111926352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S394390311926,11929,119305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2394390311926,11929,1193027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2394390111931285
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O394390211926,119273531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3943901119262600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83943901119261756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3943901119271025
Copper  (*)CopperCu394390311926,11929,119303846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS394390211926,119304165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3943901119261027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23943901119319895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)394390111926220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23943901119269617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39439011192624243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3943901119261689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O439439011192673
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63943901119261066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63943901119262228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2394390411926,11929,11930,1193212537
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2394390111926142
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2394390111926158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6394390111926477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS239439011192639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3943901119261725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2394390311929,11930,1193261156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2394390111926454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3943901119304894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3943901119266417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3943901119265186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3943901119262473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS39439011192621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)394390111926446
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2394390211926,119313337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133943901119265317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2394390211926,119312562
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O394390111926890
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4394390111926303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43943901119261655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_127394390392±2Ar/Ar muscovite  YesMuscovite  157410Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaArkaroola PegmMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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