Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mount Lyndhurst Homestead, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 22769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Lyndhurst Homestead, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barilla Mine
Big Lode Mine
Great Mount Lyndhurst Mine
Lorna Doone Mine
Mount Burr Mine

Latitude: 30°14'5"S
Longitude: 138°40'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.234722222222,138.67111111111

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	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Volborthite

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Volborthite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	4	12037,12038,12039,12041	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	12037,12041	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	12037,12041	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12041	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	12038	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	12037,12038,12039,12040,12041	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	12037,12038,12040,12041	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	12037,12038,12039,12040	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	12037	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4	12037,12038,12039,12041	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12038	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	12037,12039	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	12041	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	12037,12041	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	12037,12038,12039,12040,12041	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12040	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	12037,12038,12039,12040,12041	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	12037	6417
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	12037,12039	1101
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	2	12039,12041	155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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