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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:
Waukaringa, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.1

mindat Locality ID: 27174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waukaringa, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine (Babylonian; Babylonian G.M.C.; Great Ajax; New Ajax; New Ajax Consolidated; New Enterprise)
Alma Mine (Alma-Victoria; New Alma And Victoria United; Victoria)
Waukaringa Mine

Latitude: 32°19'50"S
Longitude: 139°24'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.330555555556,139.41166666667

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperCovelliteHalotrichiteMelanterite
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltStarkeyiteSulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S253.11126652793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2253.11126653092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS253.1212663,126649052
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S253.11126635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2253.1212663,1266427198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O253.1112665382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS253.1212663,126644165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2253.11126659895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS253.111266524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu253.1312663,12664,1266530554
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O253.1112665409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6253.11126632228
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O253.1212664,12665915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2253.111266417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2253.1312663,12664,1266539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8253.1212663,126649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2253.1312663,12664,1266561156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O253.1112664293
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS253.11126652045



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993bUranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.


3 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
Giersdorf_00000993252525-4     Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
Giersdorf_00000993b646-4     Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 
Giersdorf_000009945.33.15.3-3.1U-Pb coffinite, carnotite  Yes U159060Northeast, South Australia, AustraliaLake Frome AreaJaireth et al. (2010) AN97_21 


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