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Locality Name:
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1887
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1881

mindat Locality ID: 118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sabine's Shaft

Latitude: 13°32'35"S
Longitude: 131°33'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.543055555556,131.55138888889
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCoronaditeCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTalcTetrahedrite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21887188103419
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4188718810246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1887188109052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21887188105509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2188718810172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6188718810413
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11188718810843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18871881027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)188718811110134979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1887188105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218871881027198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)188718810363
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181887188101008
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6188718810151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1618871881111013227
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21887188109895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)18871881111013220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21887188109617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12188718810663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18871881024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18871881030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318871881014640
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)618871881057
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14188718810784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61887188102228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218871881012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21887188105674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl188718811110131107
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs188718810633
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21887188102273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6188718810477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218871881039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81887188109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218871881061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1887188101153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6188718810134
Silver  (*)CopperAg1887188105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18871881021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4188718810668
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21887188103337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131887188105317


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
sedznpb-00034188718811884±3        118Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaMount BonnieSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050507Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R050507

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