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


mindat Locality ID: 32627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mount Bold Mine (Mount Bold Perseverence)
Mount Malvern Mine

Latitude: 35°5'37"S
Longitude: 138°39'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.093611111111,138.65333333333
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 As Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantite
CalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDevilline
DiasporeGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosiderite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mendipite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)112269254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O11226990
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1122692734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1122693250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O112269194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1122699052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3112269544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6112269919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2212268,122695509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O112269150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11226911547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2112269172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6112269413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41122685516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61122691633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr112269227
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2112269178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1122694979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O112269197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2212268,1226927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1122691382
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O112269295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1122683846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16112269227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1122694165
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O11226943
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1122692970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2112269144
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)411226957
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)112269220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS212268,1226924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1122697437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1122696890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311226914640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61122691066
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI112269180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61122692228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41122685591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O112269593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O112269149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2112269987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2212268,1226912537
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl211226917
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1122691107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O112269168
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6112269254
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)112269492
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O11226940
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2112269142
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6112269477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O112269309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211226939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1122691725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2212268,1226961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1122691711
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1122691153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6112269134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O112269292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1122696417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1122695186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1122692473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11226921482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1122692045
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)211226928


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