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Locality Name:
Cape Jervis, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 239131
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239131.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Jervis, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Talisker Mine (Campbell’s Creek; Talisker Blocks Mine; Talisker Extended Mine; Newbold; Parlor; Stockwell; Stockwell Parlor & Newbold; Cooalinga Creek Gold Diggings)

Latitude: 35°37'21"S
Longitude: 138°9'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.6225,138.15472222222
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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChenevixiteCopperDigeniteLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1122792793
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs112279379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1122799052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21122795509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1122794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211227927198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)211227990
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1122791027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11227924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11227930554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14112279784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2112279762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211227912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21122795674
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3112279511
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3112279733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211227939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81122799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211227961156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1122791153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11227921482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131122791803


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