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Locality Name:
Nairne, Mount Barker, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 22773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nairne, Mount Barker, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Shepherd Hill Quarry (Brukunga Quarry)

Latitude: 35°'10"S
Longitude: 138°56'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.002777777778,138.93472222222
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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
CopperCorundumCubaniteGarnetMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlandite
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite
TitaniteUllmanniteWurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Manganochromite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickel  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS112373312
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21123732162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51123731310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1123739052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11112373843
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb112373175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11237327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211237327198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl112373203
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81123731756
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181123731008
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3112373802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61123734135
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12112373663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4112373445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11237324243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1123732812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS112373170
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1123731398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311237314640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH112373367
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14112373784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61123732228
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41123731507
Manganochromite  (*)SpinelMn2+Cr2O41123736
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21123735674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211237317380
Nickel  (*)CopperNi11237357
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs112373633
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81123731512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21123732273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21123731898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31123731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211237339462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3112373244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81123739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211237361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21123735614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1123736417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51123731516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31123731214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11237321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4112373668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131123735317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1123734899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21123732562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS112373293


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