Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 22772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aclare Mine
Bremer Mine (Callington Mine)
Mount Barker Creek Copper Mine
Pioneer Mine (Century; Raisbeck; Raisbeck's)
Preamimma Mine
Wheal Friendship
Wheal Margaret (Scott's Creek; Scotts Creek Mine)

Latitude: 35°6'11"S
Longitude: 139°1'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.103055555556,139.01694444444

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite
Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pharmacosiderite
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Lavendulan ()*	Lead ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore Epsomite
Garnet Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pharmacosiderite
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	12255	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	12254	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	12258	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	12254,12255,12257,12258	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	12255,12256,12258,12259	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	12254	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	12255	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	12260	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	12255,12258	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	12255,12256,12257,12258	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	12257	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	12255,12258	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	12255	2970
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	12254	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	12254,12257,12260	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12258	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	12257,12260	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	12254	188
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	12254,12260	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	12258	2228
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	12258	149
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	2	12257,12260	192
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	12259	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	12255,12256,12258,12259	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	12254	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	12254	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	12254	158
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	12258	182
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12258	492
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	12258	511
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	12258	428
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	12254	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	12254	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	12255,12256,12258	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	12254,12256	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	12255,12256,12257,12258	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	12258	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	12254,12257,12260	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	12254,12260	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	12254	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	12255	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	12254	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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