Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St John's Quarry (St Johns Phosphate Quarry; Hansberrys), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St John's Quarry (St Johns Phosphate Quarry; Hansberrys), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°22'10"S
Longitude: 138°57'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.369444444444,138.96333333333

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.

Aldermanite	Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Childrenite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore
Dufrénite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Leucophosphite	Mica	None	Perhamite	Phosphofibrite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wardite	Wavellite

Aldermanite ()*	Aurorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Eosphorite ()*
Fluellite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Meurigite-Na ()*	Minyulite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrodufrénite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Perhamite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Variscite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aldermanite Alunite Apatite Baryte Beryl Calcite Childrenite Clay Corundum Diaspore
Dufrénite Feldspar Gypsum Leucophosphite Mica None Perhamite Phosphofibrite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Tourmaline Vivianite Wardite Wavellite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aldermanite ()*	Aldermanite	[Mg(H₂O)₆][Na(H₂O)₂Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆]·H₂O	5
Aurorite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Mn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	22
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	93
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	60
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	128
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O	40
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	110
Meurigite-Na ()*	Phosphofibrite	[Na(H₂O)_2.5][Fe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇(H₂O)₄]	7
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O	31
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	46
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Perhamite ()*	Perhamite	Ca₃Al_7.7Si₃P₄O_23.5(OH)_14.1·8H₂O	19
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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