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Locality Name:
Glen Helen Station, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 294573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glen Helen Station, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Glen Helen Copper Prospects
Stokes Yard Prospect

Latitude: 23°24'43"S
Longitude: 132°10'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.411944444444,132.17666666667
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: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidote
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1109475707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211094627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1109473531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1109474165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)210946,109478173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11094724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11094730554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1109471689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2210946,1094712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211094617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211094739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1109471725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211094661156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)110947969
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1109472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11094721482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21109472562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1109471025


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