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Locality Name:
Emull Bore Prospect (Red Billabong Project), Lamboo Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 126046
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126046.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emull Bore Prospect (Red Billabong Project), Lamboo Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°25'59"S
Longitude: 127°17'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.433055555556,127.28583333333
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteMalachiteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneRocksaltSphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1850185003531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61850185004135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18501850024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218501850012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218501850039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81850185009056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18501850021482


1 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
Cr-0000618501850   whole rock  YesChromiteCr146977Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaEST PILBARA BLOCKS AND HALLS CREEK MOBILE ZONE, WESTERN AUSTRALIASun et al. (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90045-CPR50_1 

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