Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Mabel, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 295065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Mabel, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Copper Queen Prospect
Oonagalabi Prospect
Pannikin Mica Mine (Pannikan Mine)
The Elbow (Elbow Mica Mine)
Virginia Prospect (Virginia Cu Prospect)
White Lady Mine (White Lady Mica Mine)

Latitude: 23°8'11"S
Longitude: 134°44'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.136388888889,134.74722222222

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Wurtzite

Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	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: Ag Al Au B Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenic Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	10631	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	10631,10634	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	10635	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	10631	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	10630	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	10630,10631	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	10631,10634,10635	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	10631,10635	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	10631	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	10631	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	10631	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	10631	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	10631	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	10630,10635	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	10631	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	10631	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	10631	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	10631	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	10630,10631	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	10635	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	10631,10635	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	10630,10631,10634,10635	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	10631	252
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	10631,10632,10633	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	10632,10633,10635	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	10631	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	10631,10634	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	10631	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	10630,10631,10632,10633,10634	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	10631	129
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	10630	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	10630,10635	1516
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	10631	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	10631	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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