Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mooloo Downs Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1809
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 12310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mooloo Downs Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jones Bore (Pentalls)
Moolooite Location
Weedarrah Quarry (Cameron's Open Cut)

Latitude: 25°3'36"S
Longitude: 116°4'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.06,116.0725

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Covellite
Digenite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Quartz	Serpentine

Amesite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Moolooite ()*
Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Sampleite ()*	Whewellite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Covellite
Digenite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Oxalate Quartz Serpentine

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	2	18672,18673	74
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	18672,18673	708
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	18672	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	18672	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	18671,18672	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	18672	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	18672	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	18672,18673	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	18672	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	18672	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	18672,18673	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	18672	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	18672	2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	18672	234
Moolooite ()*	Oxalate	Cu(C₂O₄)·nH₂O	1	18672	11
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	18672	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	18672,18673	61156
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	18672	40
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	1	18672	66

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_711	Moolooite occurs at this locality as a product of weathering copper sulfides with bird guano. Moolooite occurs as micro-concretionary crusts and powder in cracks and solution cavities resulting from the sulphide oxidation. It is found associated with opaline silica, gypsum, brochantite, antlerite, atacamite, whewellite, sampleite, and libethenite.
Michelle_713	Gneissic and siliciclastic lithologies of the Glenburgh Terrane. Deformed during the D2g event of Glenburgh Orogeny (see above). Overprinted by low-grade metamorphism during the 1820–1770 Ma Capricorn Orogeny. Intruded by Moorarie Supersuite (ca. 1820–1770 Ma)

3 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	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_713	1809	1799	1804±5	U-Pb	Age of crystallization		zircon	188975		Zircon	Anatase, Brookite, Rutile	12310	Mooloo Downs Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mooloo Zone	Plavsa et al. (2018)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.011	CG476_130	Zone experienced lower-greenschist facies metamorphism during the waning stages of Capricorn Orogeny (1820–1770 M)
Michelle_711	0	0	Recent		Age of oxalate mineralization	high					Moolooite, Whewellite	291539	Moolooite Location, Mooloo Downs Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolooite Location	Clarke and Williams (1986)	10.1180/minmag.1986.050.356.15	MM50_295	Age of oxalate mineralization
Bradley_2012_097	966	942	954±12	U/Pb			monazite		Yes			243176	Nardoo Hill (Beryl Hill), Cairn Mining Centre, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	[Gascoyne Complex]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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