Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Towitta, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 290599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Towitta, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Keyneton Proprietary (Towitta; Sedan; ML 5061)

Latitude: 34°32'12"S
Longitude: 139°13'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.536666666667,139.23027777778

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12236	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	12236	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	12236	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	12236	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	12236	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12236	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12236	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	12236	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	12236	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12236	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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