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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

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 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: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperEpsomiteGarnetKobelliteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStauroliteSulphurTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
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)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)354152101534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS54152109052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)254152105509
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S115415210843
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)54152104979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O5415210925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2541521027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O54152102970
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O5415210484
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O45415210445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS541521024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S45415210192
Gold  (*)CopperAu541521030554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4541521014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2541521012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS254152105674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O5415210915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541521017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2541521039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854152109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541521061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS541521021482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)5415210978
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS54152102045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1354152101803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO54152101101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1354152105317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00007541521Early Cambrian host rock age   Yes  195763Angas Mine, Strathalbyn, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaAngasTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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