Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coxco Deposit, Borroloola, McArthur River Area, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1600

mindat Locality ID: 203529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coxco Deposit, Borroloola, McArthur River Area, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°32'19"S
Longitude: 136°8'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.538611111111,136.14972222222

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.

Aragonite	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	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: C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Diaspore Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2500	1600	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	1600	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1600	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2500	1600	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2500	1600	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2500	1600	1066
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	1600	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	1600	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1600	21482

1 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
	sedznpb-00020	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic											203529	Coxco Deposit, Borroloola, McArthur River Area, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Coxco	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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