Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Strangways Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 26152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Strangways Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Coles Hill Prospect (Red Rock Bore)
Edwards Creek Prospect
Harry Creek Prospect (Harry Bore; Snake Well; Baldissera's Prospect; Iona)
Johannsen's Phlogopite Mine
Phlogopite Mine
Pinnacles Bore Copper Area
Tom Braun's Prospect
Woolanga Bore Prospect
Yambah Station

Latitude: 23°6'17"S
Longitude: 134°1'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.104722222222,134.03222222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Humite	Kornerupine	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Surinamite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Al Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be F Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Humite Kornerupine Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Titanite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	10834,10840	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	10824	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	10821,10822,10824,10825	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	6	10828,10829,10833,10835,10841,10843	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	9	10829,10830,10832,10834,10835,10836,10838,10839,10841	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	10824,10828,10833,10834,10836	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	11	10829,10830,10832,10833,10834,10835,10836,10837,10838,10839,10841	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	10821,10822,10824,10830,10834,10835,10837,10839	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	10828,10829,10837	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	10824	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	2	10824,10833	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	10829,10836	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	5	10821,10822,10823,10824,10845	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	4	10823,10824,10825,10845	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	10824	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	10823	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5	10823,10829,10830,10834,10838	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	10823	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	10821,10824	8173
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S ()*	None	(Fe,Mg,Zn,Al)₃(Al,Ti,Fe)₈O₁₅(OH)	1	10824	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	10821,10822,10824,10834,10841,10843,10844	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	10823,10824,10825	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	10821,10834,10836,10843	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	10823	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	10822,10823	14640
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	0		68
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	10821	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	10834	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	10821,10822,10823,10824,10825,10833,10834,10845	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	17	10822,10823,10828,10829,10830,10832,10833,10834,10835,10836,10837,10838,10839,10840,10841,10842,10843	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	10834	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	10823,10827,10831,10835	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	10824,10825,10833	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	10821,10822,10834	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	10821,10822	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	10821,10822,10823,10824,10828,10829,10830,10832,10833,10834,10835,10836,10837,10838,10839,10841,10843	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2	10824,10825	129
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	10829,10833,10836,10841	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	4	10821,10822,10823,10845	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	10821	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	10822,10834	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	10821,10822,10824,10843	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	4	10823,10824,10825,10845	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	10823,10824	978
Surinamite ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₃Al₃O(Si₃BeAlO₁₅)	0		8
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	10824	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	10821,10822,10825,10834	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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