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Locality Name:
Mobella Station, Central North, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 252121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mobella Station, Central North, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Challenger Mine

Latitude: 29°52'40"S
Longitude: 133°35'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.877777777778,133.5875

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenicArsenopyriteBerylChalcopyriteClayCopperGypsumLöllingiteMica
NickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzSphaleriteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Löllingite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1117539052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1117531966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211175327198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181117531008
Gold  (*)CopperAu11175330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1117532812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1117536890
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2111753762
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211175317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1117532994
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81117531512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211175339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81117539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211175361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11175321482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1117535251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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