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Locality Name:
McArthur River Mine (McArthur Mine; HYC Deposit), Borroloola, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1643
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1632

mindat Locality ID: 56741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56741.html

Tectonic Settings: Intra Cratonic

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McArthur River Mine (McArthur Mine; HYC Deposit), Borroloola, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°25'35"S
Longitude: 136°4'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.426388888889,136.07722222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1643	1632	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1643	1632	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1643	1632	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1643	1632	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1643	1632	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1643	1632	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1643	1632	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1643	1632	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1643	1632	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1643	1632	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1643	1632	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1643	1632	21482

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
	sedexmvt-00019	1640	1632	1636±4 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag										56741	McArthur River Mine (McArthur Mine; HYC Deposit), Borroloola, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	HYC	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00032	1643	1637	1640±3											56741	McArthur River Mine (McArthur Mine; HYC Deposit), Borroloola, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	McArthur River	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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