Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Woodcutters Mine (Woodcutters), Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 238894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woodcutters Mine (Woodcutters), Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°58'46"S
Longitude: 131°6'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.979444444444,131.11111111111

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Covellite	Digenite	Geocronite
Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Falkmanite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Covellite Digenite Geocronite
Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2200	1800	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2200	1800	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2200	1800	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2200	1800	843
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2200	1800	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2200	1800	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2200	1800	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2200	1800	966
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	2200	1800	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2200	1800	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2200	1800	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2200	1800	9895
Falkmanite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₂S₆	2200	1800	17
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2200	1800	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	2200	1800	133
Graphite ()*	None	C	2200	1800	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2200	1800	717
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2200	1800	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2200	1800	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2200	1800	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	2200	1800	158
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2200	1800	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2200	1800	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2200	1800	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2200	1800	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2200	1800	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2200	1800	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2200	1800	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2200	1800	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2200	1800	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2200	1800	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	2200	1800	293
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	2200	1800	369

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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
	DeepDive-Co-0010	1800	1800	1800		age of D1 foldeing, ore was emplaced pre- to early D1									238894	Woodcutters Mine (Woodcutters), Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia	Woodcutters Pb-Zn-Ag base-metal deposit	Smolonogov and Marshall (1993)	10.1016/0169-1368(93)90028-W	OGR8_65	age of D1 foldeing, ore was emplaced pre- to early D1
	sedznpb-00046	2200	1870	2200–1870											238894	Woodcutters Mine (Woodcutters), Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia	Woodcutters	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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