Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Koppio, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 257435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257435.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koppio, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Baila Hill Mine (Koppio Amazonite Mine)
Bald Hill Graphite
Kookaburra Gully
Koppio Deposit (Fusion Rock; Valley Creek)
Koppio Graphite Mine (Western Caron Co.)
Rock Valley (Koppio)

Latitude: 34°26'2"S
Longitude: 135°53'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.433888888889,135.88972222222

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 C Fe H K Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	11812,11813,11815	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	11814,11815,11816	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	11814	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	11816	1487
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	11811	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	11813	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	11812,11813,11814,11815,11816	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	11813	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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