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Locality Name:
Parabarana Hill, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 238938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parabarana Hill, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Great Copper Bell Mine
Parabarana Mine

Latitude: 29°59'7"S
Longitude: 139°41'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.985277777778,139.69583333333
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: Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTitaniteTourmaline

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS394390211950,119519052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23943901119515509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33943901119511935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43943901119515516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)39439011195127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3943901119515707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2394390211950,1195127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3943901119513531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3943901119511025
Copper  (*)CopperCu3943901119513846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3943901119514165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3943901119512970
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)394390111951648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3943901119518173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23943901119519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39439011195124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu394390211950,1195130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3943901119512812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O339439011195114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33943901119515433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O3943901119511271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O439439011195114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)239439011195112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23943901119515674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O394390111951443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2394390211950,119515800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)239439011195117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3943901119512349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2394390211950,1195139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83943901119519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2394390211950,1195161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3943901119516417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS394390211950,1195121482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3943901119501101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3943901119514899


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
Bradley_2012_127394390392±2Ar/Ar muscovite  YesMuscovite  157410Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaArkaroola PegmMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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