Mt Painter area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

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Mount Painter area (Mount Painter Province)

References

- Ref.: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 983.
- Coats, R. P. and Blissett, A. H. (1971): Regional and economic geology of the Mount Painter province. Geol. Survey of South Australia Bull. 43, Dept. of Mines, Geol. Survey of South Australia, 426 pp.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite Andalusite var: Chiastolite 'Apatite' Autunite Baryte β-Uranophane Billietite Boltwoodite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cordierite Corundum var: Sapphire Covellite Davidite-(La) Dewindtite Diopside

'Fergusonite' Fluorapatite Fluorite Françoisite-(Ce) (TL) Françoisite-(Nd) Goethite 'Gummite' Gypsum Hematite Högbomite Ilmenite Kasolite Laumontite Limonite Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S Magnetite Malachite Metaschoepite

Metatorbernite Microcline Molybdenite Monazite-(Ce) Montmorillonite Opal var: Opal-AN Paulscherrerite (TL) Phlogopite Phosphosiderite ? 'Psilomelane' Pyrite Pyrolusite Quartz var: Jasper var: Smoky Quartz Rutherfordine Rutile Samarskite-(Y)

Schoepite Schorl Soddyite Spinel Spriggite (TL) 'Stilbite' Titanite Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Tridymite Uranophane Uranosphaerite ? Wakefieldite-(Ce) Weeksite Witherite Xenotime-(Y)

73 entries listed. 57 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Australia South Australia Flinders Ranges North Flinders Ranges Mt Painter area Bentley Greenwood Prospect Commonwealth Mine Corundum Mine East Painter Prospect Mount Painter No. 6 workings Mount Painter No. 7 workings

Australia South Australia Flinders Ranges North Flinders Ranges Mt Painter area Mt Gee Mt Gee East Valley No. 8 Workings Ridge (East) Radium Creek (Median Section) Radium Ridge Mount Painter No. 2 workings Smiler Greenwood Prospect