Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Groundhog Skarn, Punt Hill Region, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 309378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Groundhog Skarn, Punt Hill Region, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°34'"S
Longitude: 137°29'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.566666666667,137.49166666667

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc
Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Fluorite
Garnet Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Talc
Titanite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	129
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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