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Locality Name:
Normanville, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 17612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Normanville, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Great Gorge Copper Mine (Gorge Copper Mine)
Little Gorge

Latitude: 35°28'33"S
Longitude: 138°17'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.475833333333,138.29055555556
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti W 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21123025509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211230227198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1123022970
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31123035433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211230212537
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21123032273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2212302,1230361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21123035614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1123034894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516


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