Clinton Phosphate Mine (Clinton Phosphate Workings; Yararoo), Clinton, Yorke Peninsula Council, South Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Clinton Phosphate Mine (Clinton Phosphate Workings; Yararoo) | Mine |
| Clinton | Town |
| Yorke Peninsula Council | Local Government Area |
| South Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 10' 47'' South , 138° 0' 30'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Port Price | 256 (2014) | 11.9km |
| Port Wakefield | 476 (2014) | 12.6km |
| Kulpara | 183 (2016) | 12.8km |
| Paskeville | 473 (2012) | 19.1km |
| Beaufort | 178 (2018) | 20.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yorke Peninsula Gem and Mineral Club | Moonta, South Australia | 41km |
A locality near Port Clinton, this was the first discovery of phosphate ore in South Australia in 1899-1890. Nodular phosphate occurs in Precambrian dolomites and magnesites.
Historically important phosphate quarries, noted as being the first discovered and mined in South Australia. Ore was mined from cavities, and pockets of soft, yellow to grey carbonaceous marl, sand, and clay. The host rock was phosphorite of the Cambrian Kulpara Formation. The phosphate rock was low grade, with production from the late 1890s to the early 1920s in the order of ~10,000 tonnes from several deposits over a strike length of ~1800m from Clinton Quarries in the north to workings at Bakers Gully in the south. Anomalous Pb-Zn analyses were recorded. Point location is that of the largest remaining open cut on section 349.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Fluellite Formula: Al2(PO4)F2(OH) · 7H2O References: |
| ⓘ Kingite Formula: Al3(PO4)2F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Magnesite Formula: MgCO3 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Magnesite | 5.AB.05 | MgCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Kingite | 8.DC.47 | Al3(PO4)2F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| ⓘ | Fluellite | 8.DE.10 | Al2(PO4)F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Fluellite | Al2(PO4)F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| H | ⓘ Kingite | Al3(PO4)2F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Magnesite | MgCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Fluellite | Al2(PO4)F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| O | ⓘ Kingite | Al3(PO4)2F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| O | ⓘ Magnesite | MgCO3 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluellite | Al2(PO4)F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| F | ⓘ Kingite | Al3(PO4)2F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Magnesite | MgCO3 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Fluellite | Al2(PO4)F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| Al | ⓘ Kingite | Al3(PO4)2F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Fluellite | Al2(PO4)F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| P | ⓘ Kingite | Al3(PO4)2F2(OH) · 7H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Adelaide SuperbasinBasin
- South Australia
- Gawler CratonCraton
- Stansbury BasinBasin
- Yorke PeninsulaPeninsula
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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Clinton Phosphate Mine, Clinton, Yorke Peninsula Council, South Australia, Australia