Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jinka Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 295522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinka Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Elua Range (Elyuah Range)
Fluorite Reef A
Fluorite Reef B
Fluorite Reef C
Fluorite Reef D
Fluorite Reef E
Fluorite Reef F
Fluorite Reef G
Fluorite Reef H
Jinka Mine (Jinka Citrine Quartz Deposit)
Unnamed Rose Quartz Deposit

Latitude: 22°46'4"S
Longitude: 135°50'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.767777777778,135.83694444444

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Kornerupine
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Thorite ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Th Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Kornerupine
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	10811	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	10802	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	14640
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	10802	68
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	10802,10811	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	10802	2273
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	10802,10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810,10811,10812	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	10802	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	10802	1516
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	8	10803,10804,10805,10806,10807,10808,10809,10810	1006

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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