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Locality Name:
Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 22770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Black Queen Mine
Blue Mine
Cockscomb Mine (Coxcomb Mine)
Daly Mine (Lyndhurst)
Grand Junction Mine (Junction Mine; Yudnamutana No.7)
Jubilee Mine
Mount McDonnell Mine (MacDonnell; Mount McDonald; Mt McDonald; Prince Albert)
Old Knoll Mine (Old Noll Mine)
Pinnacles Mine
Shamrock Mine (Shamrock Valley; Valley)
Sir Dominick Mine (Sir Dominic Mine; Sir Domonic Mine)
Stanley Mine (Junction And Stanley Mine)
Wallace Gully Prospect
Wealthy King Mine
Wheal Austin
Wheal Frost
Wheal Gleeson
Wheal Turner (Red Bluff Mine; Wheal Turner Mine)
Willigan Hill Mine
Yudnamutana Mine

Latitude: 30°9'59"S
Longitude: 139°18'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.166388888889,139.31472222222

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Vivianite	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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti U V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Melanterite Mixite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite Vivianite Volborthite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Mixite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Volborthite ()*

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	630	390	9	11958,11959,11962,11964,11966,11967,11972,11975,11977	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	394	390	1	11959	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	630	390	2	11974,11977	1310
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	394	390	1	11964	445
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	394	390	1	11959	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	394	390	1	11961	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	394	390	2	11965,11975	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	630	390	13	11958,11959,11960,11961,11963,11965,11967,11968,11969,11973,11975,11976,11977	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	394	390	2	11962,11963	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	394	390	1	11964	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	394	390	2	11964,11969	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	394	390	1	11964	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	394	390	1	11964	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	394	390	1	11964	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	394	390	1	11966	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	630	390	7	11958,11962,11964,11966,11969,11975,11977	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	394	390	1	11959	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	630	390	7	11961,11965,11966,11972,11975,11976,11977	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	630	390	10	11959,11961,11962,11963,11964,11966,11967,11969,11974,11977	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	630	390	3	11966,11968,11977	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	394	390	1	11968	363
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	394	390	1	11968	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	394	390	3	11961,11968,11970	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	394	390	1	11966	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	630	390	11	11958,11960,11961,11962,11965,11966,11968,11973,11974,11975,11977	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	394	390	1	11964	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	394	390	1	11962	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	394	390	1	11961	484
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	394	390	2	11966,11974	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	630	390	3	11970,11975,11977	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	630	630	1	11977	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	630	390	13	11958,11959,11960,11962,11964,11966,11968,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,11977	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	394	390	2	11968,11976	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	630	390	7	11958,11960,11966,11967,11972,11976,11977	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	630	390	19	11958,11959,11960,11961,11962,11963,11964,11965,11966,11967,11968,11969,11970,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,11977	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	630	390	2	11959,11977	915
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	394	390	1	11967	443
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	394	390	1	11961	168
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	394	390	1	11972	1508
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	394	390	2	11968,11970	492
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	630	630	1	11977	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	390	9	11959,11961,11962,11964,11966,11967,11969,11974,11977	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	390	19	11958,11959,11960,11961,11962,11963,11964,11965,11966,11967,11968,11969,11970,11972,11973,11974,11975,11976,11977	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	394	390	1	11961	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	630	630	1	11977	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	630	390	5	11962,11963,11964,11969,11977	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	394	390	2	11958,11972	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	394	390	3	11973,11974,11975	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	630	390	4	11961,11964,11966,11977	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	394	390	2	11967,11973	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	630	390	4	11958,11959,11968,11977	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	394	390	1	11967	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	394	390	1	11967	890
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	394	390	1	11961	155

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_127	394	390	392±2	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			157410	Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Arkaroola Pegm	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	sedcu-00032	630	630	U. Proterozoic										Cu	26702	Yudnamutana Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Yudnamutana	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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