Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Thomson River Copper Mine (Cooper's Creek Copper Mine), Walhalla, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 374
Youngest recorded age at locality: 370

mindat Locality ID: 187880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thomson River Copper Mine (Cooper's Creek Copper Mine), Walhalla, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°59'10"S
Longitude: 146°25'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.986111111111,146.4275

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	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Malachite	Melonite	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Violarite ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Malachite Melonite Millerite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	374	370	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	374	370	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	374	370	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	374	370	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	374	370	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	374	370	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	374	370	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	374	370	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	374	370	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	374	370	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	374	370	12537
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	374	370	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	374	370	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	374	370	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	374	370	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	374	370	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	374	370	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	374	370	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	374	370	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	374	370	5317
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	374	370	380

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
	Scott-OGR13_299-0006	374	370	372±2	40Ar-39Ar	age of mineralization		sericite	LTU12558		Yes			Au	187885	Walhalla, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia	Walhalla	Foster et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6	OGR13_299

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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