Whyalla Salt (BHP Leases), Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 32° 58' 40'' South , 137° 35' 52'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -32.97778,137.59778 |
| GeoHash: | G#: r41u7heds |
| Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
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Alternative Label Names
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| Whyalla, Eure Peninsula, South Australia |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl Reference: Ludbrook N. H., (1980), A Guide to The Geology and Mineral Resources of South Australia, Government Printer, Adelaide, South Australia. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
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| ⓘ | 'Halite' | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 9 - NORMAL HALIDES | |||
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| AX | |||
| ⓘ | Halite | 9.1.1.1 | NaCl |
Regional Geology
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| Holocene 0 - 0.0117 Ma ID: 701532 | alluvium 38485 Age: Anthropocene (0 - 0.0117 Ma) Description: Channel and flood plain alluvium; gravel, sand, silt, clay; may be locally calcreted Comments: regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Regolith Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
| Neoproterozoic 541 - 1000 Ma ID: 3186197 | Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Neoproterozoic (541 - 1000 Ma) Comments: Adelaide Fold Belt Lithology: Sandstone,shale,limestone,siltstone,tillite,dolomite Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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Whyalla Salt, Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia