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Baryte from
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia


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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
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Baryte, etc.

Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz4
Malachite3
Native Copper1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130581
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130581:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘGreat Gladstone Mine, Quorn, Flinders Ranges Council, South Australia, Australia
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘRhondda Mine, Moockra, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia, Australia
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘKimberlite FBS5, Carrieton, District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, South Australia, Australia
56.6km (35.2 miles) ⓘOladdie Barytes Mine (Oladdie), Carrieton, District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, South Australia, Australia
56.9km (35.4 miles) ⓘOladdie Mine, Carrieton, District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, South Australia, Australia
62.5km (38.8 miles) ⓘMount Laura Barite Mine, City of Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘMount Whyalla Barite (Whyalla Baryte; Turners Mine; White Friends Baryte Mine), Cultana, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
90.1km (56.0 miles) ⓘBundaleer area, Spalding, Northern Areas Council, South Australia, Australia
92.4km (57.4 miles) ⓘIron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
92.4km (57.4 miles) ⓘ180 level, Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
Pring, A., Kolitsch, U., Birch, W. D., Beyer, B. D., Elliott, P., Ayyappan, P., Ramanan, A. (1999) Bariosincosite, a new hydrated barium vanadium phosphate, from the Spring Creek Mine, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 63 (5) 735-741 doi:10.1180/minmag.1999.063.5.10
 
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