Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Northern Star Gold Mine (No. 1 Hill), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 106839
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106839.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Star Gold Mine (No. 1 Hill), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°19'3"S
Longitude: 134°8'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.3175,134.14527777778

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.

Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel	Stibnite	Talc

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Spinel Stibnite Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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