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Locality Name:
Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 998
Youngest recorded age at locality: 592

mindat Locality ID: 13568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°32'5"S
Longitude: 132°33'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.534722222222,132.5625
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Te U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Te U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteMeta-autuniteMicaNonePhosphuranylitePyrite
RocksaltSphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Becquerelite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Curite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Masuyite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palladium  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Saléeite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Threadgoldite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O935747092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2998592027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe9985920281
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe9985920169
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O935747051
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS998592024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu998592030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3998592014640
Masuyite  (*)NonePb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2O935747023
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O9357470388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O9357470443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2998592017380
Palladium  (*)CopperPd998592059
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O9357470182
Platinum  (*)CopperPt9985920485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2998592039462
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)935747058
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10935747095
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2935747044
Threadgoldite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)·8H2O93574709
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O93574701059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO293574702718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O9357470890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O935747094
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O935747052


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000709Uranium mineralization of the Palette mine is hosted by the Coronation sandstone, between the sandstone and the Koolpin formation.
Giersdorf_00000721Uranium mineralization of the Palette mine is hosted by the Coronation sandstone, between the sandstone and the Koolpin formation.
Giersdorf_00000722Uranium mineralization of the Palette mine is hosted by the Coronation sandstone, between the sandstone and the Koolpin formation.


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000709935747841±94U-Pb highuraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU13568Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaPalette Uranium MineChipley et al. (2007)10.2138/am.2007.2226AM92_1925The 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_00000721676592634±42U-PbThe age ranges for the sample are largely in agreement with previous works cited by the author, particularly lining up with an intercept age of 730uraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU13568Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaPalette Uranium MineChipley et al. (2007)10.2138/am.2007.2226AM92_1925Range of the ages for 14 testing sites across 5 grains from a polished sample of the Palette deposit
Giersdorf_00000722998930964±34U-PbThe age ranges for the sample are largely in agreement with previous works cited by the author, particularly lining up with an intercept age of 730uraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU13568Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaPalette Uranium MineChipley et al. (2007)10.2138/am.2007.2226AM92_1925Range of the ages for 14 testing sites across 5 grains from a polished sample of the Palette deposit.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060407Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060407

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