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Locality Name:
Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 169
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-169.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sobeys Mine

Latitude: 34°21'38"S
Longitude: 138°59'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.360555555556,138.98805555556
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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti U 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AldermaniteAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteBaryteBerauniteBerylCalcite
ChalcanthiteChildreniteClayCorundumDiasporeDufréniteFeldsparGypsumJahnsiteKaolinite
LaueiteLepidocrociteLeucophosphiteMicaNonePerhamitePhosphofibritePhosphosideritePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRockbridgeiteRutileSulphurTourmalineTurquoiseWarditeWavellite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Aldermanite  (*)Alunite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcosiderite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Evansite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorwavellite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gordonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)
Jahnsite-(CaFeMg)  (*)Jahnsite-(NaFeMg)  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kapundaite  (*)
Kingite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Meurigite-Na  (*)Minyulite  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Morinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Peisleyite  (*)Perhamite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saléeite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)Tinticite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Ushkovite  (*)
Variscite  (*)Wardite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Xanthoxenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aldermanite  (*)Aldermanite[Mg(H2O)6][Na(H2O)2Al3(PO4)2(OH)6]·H2O05
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O022
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O093
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O060
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O056
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O040
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O026
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O018
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)056
Jahnsite-(CaFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaFe2+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O01
Jahnsite-(NaFeMg)  (*)JahnsiteNaFe3+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O03
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kapundaite  (*)NoneCaNaFe3+4(PO4)4(OH)3·5H2O03
Kingite  (*)NoneAl3(PO4)2F2(OH)·7H2O012
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Meurigite-Na  (*)Phosphofibrite[Na(H2O)2.5][Fe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]07
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O031
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O0129
Morinite  (*)NoneNaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O022
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O046
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Peisleyite  (*)NoneNa3Al16(PO4)10(SO4)2(OH)17·20H2O01
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O019
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10095
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O09
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O019
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O018
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O058
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O029


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100073Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R100073
R100072Tom's Quarry (Old Toms Quarry; Tom's Phosphate Quarry), Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R100072

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