Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nifty Cu Mine, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 143379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nifty Cu Mine, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°39'56"S
Longitude: 121°35'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.665555555556,121.59361111111

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	Alunite	Apatite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Mixite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mixite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Plumbogummite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*
Tenorite ()*	Variscite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay
Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Mica Mixite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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