Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Humbug Scrub Diggings, Barossa And Para Wirra Goldfields, Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 273046
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273046.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Humbug Scrub Diggings, Barossa And Para Wirra Goldfields, Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lady Alice Mine
Lady Edith
Try Again Mine (Young Queen Mary)
Young Australian Group

Latitude: 34°41'54"S
Longitude: 138°49'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.698333333333,138.82305555556

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.

Baryte	Brannerite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Empressite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Thorite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Se Si Te Th Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brannerite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Molybdenite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	12429	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12429	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	12429,12431	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	12429	248
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12429	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	12429	281
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	12429,12430,12431	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	12429	4165
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1	12429	43
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12429	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	12429,12430,12431	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12429	14640
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	12432	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	12429,12431	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	12429	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	12429	5614
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	12429	1006
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	12429	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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