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Locality Name:
The Gardens Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 294650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "The Gardens Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Gecko Prospect
Glankroil Prospect (Gander)
Gum Tree Prospect
John Bull's Surprise Gold Prospect
Old Times Gold Mine
Rankin Prospect
Sloan's Gully
Turner's Prospect (Turner's Copper Prospect)
Ulgnamba Lignite Deposit

Latitude: 23°19'7"S
Longitude: 134°17'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.318611111111,134.28638888889
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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21108663419
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2210868,10871718
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21108735509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181108734286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41108715516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)210871,1087327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S210866,108735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2210867,1087127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1108713531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS210867,1087124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu610867,10868,10869,10870,10872,1087330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3310866,10868,1087114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41108705591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4410866,10868,10871,1087314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2310866,10871,1087312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2310869,10870,1087117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2210866,1087139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2610866,10867,10868,10870,10871,1087361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11087121482


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