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Locality Name:
Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 254207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Spring Creek Mine

Latitude: 32°43'52"S
Longitude: 138°7'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.731111111111,138.12694444444

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteArseniosideriteAtacamiteBaryteBerauniteBjarebyiteBrochantite
CalciteCeriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDufrénite
FairfielditeGypsumLazuliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSulphur
TurquoiseVivianiteVolborthite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariosincosite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Collinsite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johntomaite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Likasite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mengeite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Perloffite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Sampleite  (*)Springcreekite  (*)Strontioperloffite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Vésigniéite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Zapatalite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3112157544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6112157919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21121575509
Bariosincosite  (*)NoneBa(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O1121574
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11215711547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O112157136
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61121571633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O112157280
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O112157925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1121575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211215727198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O11215777
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1121573531
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O11215738
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O112157295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1121573846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1121574165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6112157310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1121572970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2112157144
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O112157139
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1121572740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1121577437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1121572812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1121576890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311215714640
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)211215720
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61121572228
Johntomaite  (*)BjarebyiteBaFe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)31121571
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)112157234
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O11215711
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211215712537
Mengeite  (*)Not in a structural groupBa(Mg,Mn2+)Mn3+4(PO4)4(OH)4·4H2O1121571
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O11215722
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O112157129
Perloffite  (*)BjarebyiteBaMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)31121577
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4112157369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211215739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21121573106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211215761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1121571711
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O11215740
Springcreekite  (*)AluniteBaV3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61121571
Strontioperloffite  (*)BjarebyiteSrMn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)3(OH)31121571
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1121572045
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)211215746
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O112157636
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O112157155
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6112157104
Zapatalite  (*)NoneCu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O1121577



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061015Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R061015


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