Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pandappa, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.1

mindat Locality ID: 252120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pandappa, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Only A Dream Mine
Pine Creek Kimberlite

Latitude: 33°11'17"S
Longitude: 139°16'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.188055555556,139.27361111111

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.

Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene

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 Ca H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Diopside ()*	Monticellite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrope ()*

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	25	3.1	1	12634	2162
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	25	3.1	1	12634	4135
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	25	3.1	1	12634	153
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	25	3.1	1	12634	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	25	3.1	1	12634	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	25	3.1	1	12634	341

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993b	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000993	25	25	25-4			Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000993b	6	4	6-4			Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000994	5.3	3.1	5.3-3.1	U-Pb	coffinite, carnotite	Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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