Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 8747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°11'26"S
Longitude: 139°14'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.190555555556,139.24472222222

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.

Amphibole	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Malachite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Corundum Malachite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	394	390	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	394	390	2162
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	394	390	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	394	390	5509
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	394	390	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	394	390	27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	394	390	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	394	390	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	394	390	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	394	390	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	394	390	61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	394	390	2562

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
	Bradley_2012_127	394	390	392±2	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			157410	Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Arkaroola Pegm	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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