Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 254206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Reaphook Hill
Unnamed Geode Location

Latitude: 31°22'24"S
Longitude: 139°17'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.373333333333,139.29305555556
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: Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeFairfielditeHopeiteNoneNot in a structural groupParahopeite
PhosphophylliteQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileTarbuttite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hillite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Hopeite  (*)Manganite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)Parahopeite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)
Plimerite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reaphookhillite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Scholzite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Switzerite  (*)Tarbuttite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11214311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11214327770
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O112142197
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O11214238
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16112142599
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1121427437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311214214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1121421689
Hillite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Zn(PO4)2·2H2O1121421
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16112142243
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O11214229
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)112142770
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O11214222
Parahopeite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O11214211
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O11214229
Plimerite  (*)RockbridgeiteZn2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)1121428
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21121423106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211214361156
Reaphookhillite  (*)ParahopeiteMgZn2(PO4)2·4H2O1121421
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5112142206
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O11214220
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)212142,121436417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1121422473
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O11214221
Tarbuttite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(PO4)(OH)11214211


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061014Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R061014

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...