Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 233668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Atnarpa Station
Cleland Hills
Finke River
Gardiner Range
Glen Helen Resort
Glen Helen Station
Haasts Bluff
Henbury Crater
Henbury Station
Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve
Papunya
Ross River Resort
Ruby Gap Nature Park
Standley Chasm
Tnorala Conservation Reserve

Latitude: 23°48'13"S
Longitude: 133°3'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.803611111111,133.05138888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Coffinite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Iron
Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Wurtzite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	2	10950,10959	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	10959	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	10960	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	10941	544
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	10962,10965	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	6	10935,10941,10949,10950,10957,10959	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	10960	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	10941,10947,10960	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	10946,10949,10950,10960,10963	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	10941,10947,10950,10957	3531
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	10955	566
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	10952	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	10952,10960	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	10941,10947	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	10952	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	10941,10949	2970
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	10952	157
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	10941	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	10959	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	10950,10967	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	10946,10947,10949,10959	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	10950	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	10935,10947,10950,10959	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	10937,10967	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	10947,10960,10963	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	10949,10955,10962,10965,10967	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	10947	1689
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	10952	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	10941,10965	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	10949,10957	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	9	10935,10941,10946,10947,10949,10950,10957,10959,10960	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	10965	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	10946,10950,10959,10960,10962,10965	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	10947,10949,10950,10957,10960,10962,10965	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	10937	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	10947	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	10935,10937,10946,10949,10950,10957,10959,10960,10962,10963,10965	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	10947,10950	969
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	10952	374
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	10959	1516
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	10947	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	10947,10959	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	10952	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	10950	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	10947,10950,10959	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	10952	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	10955	2718
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	10947	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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