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Locality Name:
Pillara (Blendevale), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 353

mindat Locality ID: 121097
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121097.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pillara (Blendevale), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°18'27"S
Longitude: 125°46'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.3075,125.77222222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Marcasite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	360	353	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	360	353	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	353	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	360	353	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	360	353	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	360	353	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	353	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	353	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00010	393	383	Middle Devonian		host rock age	Yes	12150	Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cadjebut Trend	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00028	360	353	357±3 Ma (Rb-Sr); 356±3 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag, Rb-Sr			121097	Pillara (Blendevale), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Pillara (Blendevale)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00012	360	354	357±3				121097	Pillara (Blendevale), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Blendvale	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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