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Locality Name:
Balhannah, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 22771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balhannah, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Balhannah Copper And Bismuth Mine
Grunthal Mine

Latitude: 34°59'31"S
Longitude: 138°48'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.991944444444,138.80083333333
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiaspore
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
StibniteSulphurTalc

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21122483092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1122489052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2212248,122495509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1122481966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31122481935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)112248716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)212248,1224927770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O112248925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S212248,122495707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2212248,1224927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1122483531
Copper  (*)CopperCu212248,122493846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O212248,122492970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11224824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1122487437
Gold  (*)CopperAu212248,1224930554
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1122481487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2212248,1224912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21122485674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211224817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211224839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2212248,1224961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21122485614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1122486417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1122485186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11224821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1122482045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21122483337


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