Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baratta Homestead, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 254212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baratta Homestead, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baratta Copper Mine
Baratta Springs Prospect
Eukaby Mines

Latitude: 31°53'53"S
Longitude: 139°8'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.898055555556,139.13555555556

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Malachite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	12090	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	12094	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	12089,12095	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	12091,12092,12095,12098	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12095	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	12095	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	12090,12091,12092,12093,12095,12096,12097,12098	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	12090,12095,12097	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	12092,12095,12097	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12095	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12089	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	12090,12092,12095,12097	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	12091	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	12093,12094,12095,12096,12097,12098	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	12095	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12095	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	12089	1803
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	12091	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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