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:
Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 274456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Anglesea
Barrabool Hills
Bells Beach
Cinema Point (Point Castries; Devils Corner)
Eastern View
Lorne

Latitude: 38°24'4"S
Longitude: 144°7'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.401111111111,144.13083333333

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel
Tamarugite	Vivianite

Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Halite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Corundum Diaspore None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel
Tamarugite Vivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	14636,14637	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	14636	272
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	14650	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	14651	7437
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	14648	1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	14641	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	14636,14637	2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	14644	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	14641	14899
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	14643	254
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	14636,14638,14650,14651	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	14636,14650,14651	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	14638,14645,14647,14651	6417
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	14636	87
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	14636,14638	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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