Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mt Palmer, Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 43989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43989.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Palmer, Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Billy Hughes Mine
Caruso Mine
Disputed Mine
Oolgarinna Mine (Ulgarna Mine)
Spotted Dog Mine

Latitude: 23°4'33"S
Longitude: 134°56'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.075833333333,134.93861111111

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*

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: Al B Be C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Tourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	10675	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	10675	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	10676	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	10673,10674,10675,10676,10677	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	10676	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	10673,10674,10675,10676,10677	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	10674	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	10673,10674,10675,10676,10677	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	10676	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	10673,10675,10676,10677	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	10676	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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