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Locality Name:
Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 530
Youngest recorded age at locality: 530

mindat Locality ID: 300362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kanmantoo Mine (Kanmantoo West; Kanmantoo North)

Latitude: 35°5'30"S
Longitude: 139°0'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.091666666667,139.00416666667

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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicAtacamiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DigeniteEpidoteGarnetLazuliteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStaurolite
StibniteTetradymiteVivianiteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Joséite-B  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)35305301123492353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO55305301123491310
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3530530112349544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25305301123495509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi5305301123491966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S35305301123491935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45305301123495516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25305301123495171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5305301123495707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS253053011234927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu5305301123493846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5305301123494165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3530530112349802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O5305301123492970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S5305301123491027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5305301123498173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4530530112349445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS53053011234924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu53053011234930554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35305301123495433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S53053011234986
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)353053011234930
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2530530112349232
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O453053011234914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)253053011234912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25305301123495674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS25305301123495800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)530530112349945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)253053011234917380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S85305301123491512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS253053011234939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85305301123499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO253053011234961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg5305301123495186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS53053011234921482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)530530112349978
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O530530112349636



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00046530530Cambrian       Cu13473Kanmantoo Mine (Kanmantoo West; Kanmantoo North), Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaKanmantooCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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