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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Adelaide River Mine, Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1129
Youngest recorded age at locality: 511

mindat Locality ID: 257661
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257661.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adelaide River Mine, Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°15'45"S
Longitude: 131°6'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.2625,131.1075

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1129	511	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1129	511	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1129	511	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1129	511	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1129	511	61156
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	891	511	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	891	511	2718

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000711	Uranium mineralization in the Adelaide River mine is hosted by coarse grained wackes or quartz lithic arenites.
Giersdorf_00000727	Uranium mineralization in the Adelaide River mine is hosted by coarse grained wackes or quartz lithic arenites.
Giersdorf_00000728	Uranium mineralization in the Adelaide River mine is hosted by coarse grained wackes or quartz lithic arenites.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000711	891	511	701±190	U-Pb	high	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	257661	Adelaide River Mine, Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia	Adelaide River Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	The higher age priority is due to the age being an the upper intercept age for an isochron carried out by the reference paper from laser ablation
Giersdorf_00000727	777	693	735±42	U-Pb		uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	257661	Adelaide River Mine, Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia	Adelaide River Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Range of the ages for 16 testing sites on 5 uraninite grains on a sample from the Adelaide River
Giersdorf_00000728	1129	1009	1069±60	U-Pb		uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	257661	Adelaide River Mine, Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia	Adelaide River Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Range of the ages for 16 testing sites on 5 uraninite grains on a sample from the Adelaide River

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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