Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quorn, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 229098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quorn, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boolcunda Copper Mine (Wheal Friendship)
Boolcunda Manganese Mine (Prouts; Sa Manganese; South Australian Manganese Mine)
Great Gladstone Mine

Latitude: 32°19'47"S
Longitude: 138°17'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.329722222222,138.29083333333

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.

Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	12153,12155	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12155	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12153	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	12155	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	12153,12155	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12155	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	12155	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12155	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12155	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	12153,12155	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	12154	770
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12153	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12155	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	12154	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	12153,12155	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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