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Locality Name:
Coppin Gap Cu-Mo Deposit (Spinifex Ridge), Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3351
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3117

mindat Locality ID: 205849
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205849.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coppin Gap Cu-Mo Deposit (Spinifex Ridge), Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°53'25"S
Longitude: 120°6'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.890277777778,120.10388888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3351	3117	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3351	3117	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3351	3117	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3351	3117	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3351	3117	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3351	3117	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3351	3117	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3351	3117	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	3351	3117	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3351	3117	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3351	3117	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3351	3117	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	3351	3117	186
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3351	3117	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3351	3117	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3351	3117	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3351	3117	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3351	3117	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3351	3117	1101

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
	PorphCu-00291	3351	3117	3234±117									Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Jamesonite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Neotocite	Cu	205849	Coppin Gap Cu-Mo Deposit (Spinifex Ridge), Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Gap	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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