Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yudnamutana Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 26702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yudnamutana Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°10'36"S
Longitude: 139°16'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.176666666667,139.27916666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Gypsum Malachite Melanterite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Spinel Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	630	630	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	630	630	1310
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	630	630	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	630	630	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	630	630	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	630	630	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	630	630	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	630	630	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	630	630	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	630	630	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	630	630	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	630	630	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	630	630	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	630	630	915
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	630	630	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	630	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	630	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	630	630	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	630	630	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	630	630	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	630	630	2562

2 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
	Bradley_2012_127	394	390	392±2	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			157410	Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Arkaroola Pegm	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	sedcu-00032	630	630	U. Proterozoic										Cu	26702	Yudnamutana Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Yudnamutana	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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