Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aclare Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 9751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aclare Mine, Callington, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°7'8"S
Longitude: 138°59'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.118888888889,138.98916666667

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Copper	Epsomite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None
Polybasite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Goslarite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Copper Epsomite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Nickeline None
Polybasite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	158
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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