Middlebacks Main Lake (Sinclair Gap Lake), Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Middlebacks Main Lake (Sinclair Gap Lake) | Lake |
| Middleback Range | Mountain Range |
| Eyre Peninsula | Peninsula |
| South Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 8' 43'' South , 137° 4' 28'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
127475
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:127475:5
GUID (UUID V4):
410d3add-49de-4621-aeec-6d30fb8b8f42
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Sinclair Gap Lake
NW of Sinclair gap (Kimba gap), this lake is locally known as 'Sinclair Gap Lake', or 'Sinclair's Gap Lake'. It is however, officially (gazetted by the government) named Middlebacks Main Lake.
It should be noted, very few specimens are labelled with the correct location.
Middlebacks Main Lake, is the largest, and southern most of a group of four seasonal salt water lakes. The others are named (in order as you go north), 'Three Mile Lake', 'Four Mile Lake', and 'Four and Half Mile Lake'.
All four of these lakes are known to produce gypsum specimens.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsList of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
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