Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 5762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'52"S
Longitude: 138°7'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.731111111111,138.12694444444

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beraunite	Bjarebyite	Brochantite
Calcite	Cerite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Dufrénite
Fairfieldite	Gypsum	Lazulite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sulphur
Turquoise	Vivianite	Volborthite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Sr V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arseniosiderite Atacamite Baryte Beraunite Bjarebyite Brochantite
Calcite Cerite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Dufrénite
Fairfieldite Gypsum Lazulite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sulphur
Turquoise Vivianite Volborthite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariosincosite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beraunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Collinsite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hentschelite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Johntomaite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Likasite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mengeite ()*	Metaswitzerite ()*	Mitridatite ()*
Perloffite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Sampleite ()*	Springcreekite ()*	Strontioperloffite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Vésigniéite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Zapatalite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bariosincosite ()*	None	Ba(VO)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	4
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	136
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	38
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	139
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hentschelite ()*	Lazulite	CuFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	20
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Johntomaite ()*	Bjarebyite	BaFe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	1
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Likasite ()*	None	Cu₃(NO₃)(OH)₅·2H₂O	11
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mengeite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ba(Mg,Mn²⁺)Mn³⁺₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₄·4H₂O	1
Metaswitzerite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	22
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	129
Perloffite ()*	Bjarebyite	BaMn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	7
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	40
Springcreekite ()*	Alunite	BaV³⁺₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1
Strontioperloffite ()*	Bjarebyite	SrMn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	1
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	46
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	155
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104
Zapatalite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₉·4H₂O	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061015	Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R061015

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