Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ediacaran Fossil Reserve, Beltana, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 239049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ediacaran Fossil Reserve, Beltana, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Eagle (Pfitzners Claim)
Ediacara Mine (Beltana North; Ediacara Consolidated; New Ediacara Consolidated)
Ediacara North Mine
Wheal Tyrell

Latitude: 30°47'13"S
Longitude: 138°7'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.786944444444,138.12833333333

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Connellite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Barytocalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Connellite Copiapite Copper Corundum
Covellite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	541	495	1	11996	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	541	495	1	11996	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	541	495	2	11995,11996	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	541	495	1	11996	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	495	2	11995,11996	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	541	495	1	11996	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	495	2	11995,11996	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	541	495	1	11997	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	495	1	11996	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	541	495	1	11996	5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	541	495	2	11996,11997	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	541	495	1	11995	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	541	495	1	11996	295
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	541	495	1	11996	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	541	495	1	11996	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	541	495	1	11996	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	541	495	1	11996	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	495	1	11996	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	541	495	1	11997	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	495	1	11996	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	541	495	1	11995	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	541	495	1	11995	14640
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	541	495	1	11996	97
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	541	495	3	11995,11996,11997	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	541	495	1	12000	770
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	541	495	1	11996	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	1	11996	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	541	495	1	11996	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	3	11995,11996,12000	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	541	495	1	11996	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	541	495	1	11996	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00014	541	495	Cambrian		host rock age									10876	Ediacara Mine (Beltana North; Ediacara Consolidated; New Ediacara Consolidated), Ediacaran Fossil Reserve, Beltana, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Ediacara	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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