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Locality Name:
Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 630

mindat Locality ID: 4393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Apoinga Copper Mine (N. Grenfell; J. Granville; J.R. Ivey; ML 3; ML 553)
Black Hill Diggings
Bon Accord Mine
Burra Burra Copper Mine (Burra Mine; Monster Mine)
Edelweiss Mine
Mongolata Gold Fields
Princess Royal Mine
Utica Mine
West Burra Mine

Latitude: 33°43'55"S
Longitude: 138°56'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.731944444444,138.94611111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite
Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Talc	Volborthite	Wurtzite	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte
Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite
Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Talc Volborthite Wurtzite Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	1	12194	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	630	630	1	12194	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	630	630	1	12196	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	630	630	5	12194,12195,12199,12200,12201	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	630	630	6	12191,12194,12195,12199,12200,12201	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	630	630	2	12194,12200	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	630	630	2	12194,12200	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	630	630	1	12194	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	630	630	5	12191,12194,12195,12200,12201	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	630	630	1	12194	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	630	630	3	12194,12195,12200	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	630	630	7	12191,12194,12195,12196,12199,12200,12201	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	630	630	3	12194,12195,12199	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	630	630	1	12194	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	630	630	3	12194,12195,12196	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	630	630	1	12194	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	630	630	3	12194,12199,12201	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	630	630	1	12195	378
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	630	630	2	12194,12195	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	630	630	2	12194,12200	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	630	630	1	12194	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	630	630	3	12192,12194,12196	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	630	630	3	12194,12196,12198	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	630	630	1	12194	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	630	630	2	12194,12196	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	630	630	1	12194	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	630	630	2	12194,12196	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	630	630	1	12194	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	630	630	1	12194	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	630	630	7	12191,12194,12195,12196,12199,12200,12201	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	1	12194	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	630	630	1	12194	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	630	630	2	12192,12196	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	630	630	1	12194	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	630	630	1	12194	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	630	630	1	12194	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	630	630	1	12194	2273
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	630	630	1	12194	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	630	630	7	12192,12194,12195,12196,12198,12199,12200	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	630	630	1	12194	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	630	630	1	12196	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	630	7	12191,12192,12194,12195,12196,12200,12201	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	630	630	2	12196,12198	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	630	630	4	12191,12194,12196,12201	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	630	630	1	12196	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	630	630	1	12194	21482
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	630	630	1	12195	48
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	630	630	1	12194	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	630	630	1	12194	1101
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	630	630	1	12194	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	630	630	1	12194	2562
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	630	630	1	12195	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	630	630	1	12195	155
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	630	630	1	12194	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00043	630	630	U. Proterozoic										Cu	152	Burra Burra Copper Mine (Burra Mine; Monster Mine), Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Burra	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060853	Burra Burra Copper Mine (Burra Mine; Monster Mine), Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060853

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