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Locality Name:
Mount Gunson Copper Mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 65
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Gunson Copper Mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cattle Grid Deposit (Cattlegrid; ML5599)
East Lagoon
MG 14 Deposit
Mount Gunson (Main Open Cut)
West Lagoon
Windabout Deposit

Latitude: 31°25'58"S
Longitude: 137°9'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.432777777778,137.16138888889
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H I Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Cu Fe H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopiapiteCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Eriochalcite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nukundamite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)6306301127031588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3630630112703544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)26306301127035509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)630630011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S36306301127031935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4630630312703,12705,127085516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)66306301127031633
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4630630312703,12705,12708154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S630630312703,12705,127085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2630630312703,12705,1270827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6306301127033531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O630630112703382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS630630212703,127054165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O63063002970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4630630112703651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S6306301127031027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16630630112703300
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2630630112703246
Eriochalcite  (*)NoneCuCl2·2H2O63063011270313
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS63063011270324243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS630630112703131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)63063007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6306301127036890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O630630112703409
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI630630112703180
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)463063005591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4630630112703249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)263063011270312537
Nukundamite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6S463063011270316
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6630630112703158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS263063011270339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO263063011270361156
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O63063011270373
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4630630112703249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS63063011270321482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S136306301127031803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO6306301127031101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136306301127035317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3630630112703297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO46306301127031655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00035630630U. Proterozoic       Cu65Mount Gunson Copper Mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, AustraliaMount GunsonCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100013Cattle Grid Deposit (Cattlegrid; ML5599), Mount Gunson Copper Mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R100013

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