Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wooltana Cave, Wooltana Homestead Area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 269720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wooltana Cave, Wooltana Homestead Area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°23'10"S
Longitude: 139°21'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.386111111111,139.35555555556

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.

Biphosphammite	Calcite	Cerite	Gypsum	None	Oxalate	Syngenite

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: C Ca H K Mg N O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca H K Mg N O P S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Biphosphammite Calcite Cerite Gypsum None Oxalate Syngenite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Biphosphammite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dittmarite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Görgeyite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Leonite ()*	Syngenite ()*	Whewellite ()*
Whitlockite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	0.01	11
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	0.01	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.01	27770
Dittmarite ()*	None	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·H₂O	0.01	7
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0.01	9895
Görgeyite ()*	None	K₂Ca₅(SO₄)₆·H₂O	0.01	11
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.01	6890
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	0.01	24
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	0.01	44
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	0.01	66
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	0.01	104

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_000854	Guano rich cave in dolomite. Mineralization occurs in crusts associated with Ghost Bat guano deposits. Groundwater has likely penetrated the cave in the past.

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
	Michelle_000854	0.01	0	Holocene		Age of guano							Biphosphammite, Brushite, Dittmarite, Gorgeyite, Syngenite, Whewellite, Whitlockite	P, N	269720	Wooltana Cave, Wooltana Homestead Area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Wooltana Cave	Snow et al. (2014)	10.1080/03721426.2014.11649009	TRSSA138_214	Age of guano deposits in cave. The authors suggest "that bats occupied the cave well beforethe start of the Holocene (11.7K years BP) and well back into wetter times"

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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