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Locality Name:
Murray Basin, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 245369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murray Basin, South Australia, Australia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bungunnia Station
Murray Mallee
Murray Riverlands

Latitude: 34°59'26"S
Longitude: 140°25'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.990555555556,140.42833333333

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Cubanite	Epsomite
Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Iron	Melonite	Metavoltine	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scacchite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tamarugite
Tivanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Alunogen ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Kleberite ()*	Lawrencite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Metavoltine ()*	Moncheite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Redingtonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pt S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Cerite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite Corundum Cubanite Epsomite
Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Iron Melonite Metavoltine Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Scacchite Sphalerite Spinel Tamarugite
Tivanite Tridymite Zircon

47 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
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	66	2.6	2	12467,12476	272
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	66	2.6	2	12459,12463	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	12456	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	66	2.6	2	12459,12463	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2.6	1	12459	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	66	2.6	1	12459	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	66	2.6	1	12463	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	2.6	1	12463	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	66	2.6	1	12459	1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	66	2.6	1	12463	157
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	66	2.6	1	12459	944
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	66	2.6	1	12467	484
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	66	2.6	1	12459	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	2.6	5	12470,12471,12474,12476,12480	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	66	2.6	1	12473	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	66	2.6	1	12467	409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	66	2.6	2	12467,12476	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	66	2.6	3	12459,12461,12463	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	66	2.6	1	12463	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	66	2.6	1	12463	191
Kleberite ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺Ti₆O₁₁(OH)₅	66	2.6	0		4
Lawrencite ()*	Scacchite	FeCl₂	66	2.6	1	12463	30
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	66	2.6	1	12463	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	2.6	1	12459	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	66	2.6	1	12463	230
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	66	2.6	1	12476	78
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	66	2.6	1	12459	133
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2	12466,12476	254
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	66	2.6	1	12463	58
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	66	2.6	2	12459,12463	1512
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	66	2.6	1	12467	265
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	66	2.6	2	12459,12463	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	3	12459,12467,12476	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	66	2.6	1	12459	9056
Redingtonite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Cr₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	66	2.6	1	12467	2
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	2.6	2	12461,12463	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	66	2.6	1	12463	374
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	66	2.6	1	12467	37
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	66	2.6	3	12466,12467,12478	73
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	1	12463	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	66	2.6	1	12459	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	66	2.6	2	12459,12463	703
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	66	2.6	3	12466,12467,12478	87
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	66	2.6	1	12463	116
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	66	2.6	1	12463	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	66	2.6	2	12459,12463	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66	2.6	1	12461	5251

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
	ree-00077	66	2.6	Tertiary											245369	Murray Basin, South Australia, Australia	Massidon (Murray Basin)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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