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Locality Name:
Wheal Ellen, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 26211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Ellen, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°11'15"S
Longitude: 138°55'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.1875,138.92666666667

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epsomite	Garnet	Kobellite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epsomite Garnet Kobellite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	541	521	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	541	521	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	541	521	5509
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	541	521	843
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	521	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	541	521	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	521	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	541	521	2970
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	541	521	484
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	541	521	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	521	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	541	521	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	541	521	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	521	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	541	521	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	541	521	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	541	521	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	521	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	521	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	521	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	521	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	521	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	541	521	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	541	521	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	541	521	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	541	521	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	541	521	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00007	541	521	Early Cambrian		host rock age					Yes				195763	Angas Mine, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Angas	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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