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Locality Name:
Strathalbyn Mine (Strathalbyn North; Monster Lode), Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 23535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Strathalbyn Mine (Strathalbyn North; Monster Lode), Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°14'23"S
Longitude: 138°54'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.239722222222,138.91194444444
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 C Cl Cu Fe O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Cl Cu Fe O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S54152102793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS54152109052
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)54152104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2541521027198
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O45415210445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS541521024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu541521030554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2541521039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl54152101725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854152109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541521061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS541521021482


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00007541521Early Cambrian host rock age   Yes  195763Angas Mine, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaAngasTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

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