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Locality Name:
Hatches Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 248842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hatches Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hatches Creek Wolfram Field

Latitude: 20°54'24"S
Longitude: 135°11'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.906666666667,135.185
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenicAtacamiteBismutiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTungstiteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21103713419
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3210371,10383544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2510371,10375,10380,10383,103885509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3210371,10375214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi410371,10383,10388,103901966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3310371,10380,103881935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)510371,10373,10378,10380,10388716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4510371,10375,10380,10383,103905516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6210371,103831633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21103715171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S710371,10375,10380,10381,10383,10388,103905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2410371,10380,10381,1038827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O310371,10375,103833531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81103711756
Copper  (*)CopperCu210371,103803846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS310371,10380,103814165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O210371,103802970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2210371,1037567
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)310371,10378,103888173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2210371,103889617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11037124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu310371,10376,1038830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311037114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4310371,10372,103805591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411037114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2810371,10373,10375,10380,10381,10383,10388,1039012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2410371,10383,10388,103905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2510371,10375,10378,10380,1038817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1103712349
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6110371158
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21103712273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2310371,10380,1038839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81103719056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21410371,10373,10374,10375,10376,10378,10380,10381,10383,10384,10385,10386,10388,1038961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)910371,10372,10373,10374,10375,10378,10380,10381,103884894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13210371,103885317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1103714899
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O210375,10380118
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4210371,103831655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1103715251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1103781025


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