Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vulkathunha - Gammon Ranges National Park, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 239087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vulkathunha - Gammon Ranges National Park, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Illinawortina
O'Donoghue's Castle Mine (O'Donohue's Castle Mine)
Worturpa Mine

Latitude: 30°23'26"S
Longitude: 139°14'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.390555555556,139.24416666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amorphous	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite
Melonite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Covellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Melonite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spherocobaltite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Ni O P S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amorphous Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore Malachite
Melonite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

17 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	12068,12069	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	12068,12069	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12068	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	12068	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12068	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	12068	4165
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	12068,12069	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	12069	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	12068,12069	12537
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2	12067,12069	207
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12068	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	12068	2994
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	12068	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12068	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	12069	61156
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	1	12068	52
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	12068	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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