Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 30262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Moonta Mines (Wallaroo And Moonta Mining; Moonta Copper Recovery Co. Ltd; Moonta Mining Scheme; Moonta Prospecting Syndicate)
Poona Mine (Mattapara; Alameda Pty Ltd; EML 5525; ML 5524)
Prince Albert Mine (Humby; Leans)
Wheal Hughes (District Council; ML 5696)
Yelta Mine (Hicks And Hooper Blocks 1 & 5; McKay And Party Block 3; Moonta Extended; Moonta Prospecting Syndicate; Wallis And Party Block 2; Wild Dog)

Latitude: 34°4'7"S
Longitude: 137°36'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.068611111111,137.60777777778

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Autunite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meta-autunite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Sulphur	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Wurtzite

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 As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Autunite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Meta-autunite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Sulphur Tourmaline Turquoise Wurtzite

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Eriochalcite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marshite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	12743	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12743	3419
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	1	12743	56
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	12743,12745	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12745	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	12745	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	3	12743,12744,12745	544
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	12743	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	12743	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	12745	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	12743,12745,12747,12748	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	12743	280
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	12743	1184
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	2	12745,12747	154
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	12743	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	12743,12745,12748	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	12743,12745,12747,12748	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	12745	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	12743,12745	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	12743,12745,12747	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	12743	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	12743,12745	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	12743,12745	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	2	12743,12745	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	12743	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	12743	484
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O	1	12743	13
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	12748	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	12743	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	12743,12745	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	12745,12747	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12745	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	12743,12745,12747,12748	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	12743,12745,12747	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	12743,12745,12747	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	12743,12745,12747,12748	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	12745,12746,12748	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	12745,12747	5674
Marshite ()*	Sphalerite	CuI	1	12745	12
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12745	34
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	12743	915
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	12746	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12743	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	12743,12745,12747,12748	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12747	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	12743,12745,12747	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	12745,12747	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	12743,12745,12746,12747,12748	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	12743,12745,12747	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	12745	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	12745,12747	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	12745	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	12743	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	12743,12745	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	12743	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	12743,12745	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	12743	890
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	12743	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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