Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Central North, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 252188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central North, South Australia, Australia": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Coober Pedy
Garford Palygorskite (Jubilee; Steely Industires Ltd)
Lake Eyre (West)
Lake Labyrinth Meteorite
Mobella Station
Ok Copper Mine (White Feather)
Peake And Denison Ranges
Peculiar Knob Deposit
Prominent Hill Mine
Stuart Creek
Tarcoola
Vulcan Cu-Au Prospect

Latitude: 29°43'39"S
Longitude: 135°36'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.7275,135.61472222222

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	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite
Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P S Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite
Löllingite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Palygorskite Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	11742	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	11742,11746	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	11758	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	11754	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	11753	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	11758	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	11753	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	11758	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	11764	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	11754,11758	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	11753,11758,11765	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	11751	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	11758	566
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	11753	1008
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	11742	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	11748,11758	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	11758	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	11758	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	11742	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	11744,11753,11758,11764,11765	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	11753	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	11742,11750,11753	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	11750	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	11742,11757,11758,11765	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	11751	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	11751	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	11751	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	11742,11758	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	11753	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	11751	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	11744,11747,11758,11765	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	11754	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	11765	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	11742	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	11748,11753,11758,11765	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	11742	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	11742,11743,11745,11753,11762	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	11748	306
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	11751,11753	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	11742,11753,11754,11758,11765	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	11753	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	11742,11750,11753,11758,11762,11764	61156
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	1	11756	58
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	11758	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	11753	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	11751	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	11751	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	11758	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	11753	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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