Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 336

mindat Locality ID: 121096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°37'46"S
Longitude: 125°51'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.629444444444,125.85583333333

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.

Calcite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Marcasite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	366	336	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	366	336	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	366	336	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	366	336	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	366	336	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	366	336	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00010	393	383	Middle Devonian		host rock age	Yes	12150	Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cadjebut Trend	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00017	366	336	351±15 Ma (U-Pb)	U-Pb			121096	Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Goongewa (Twelve Mile Bore)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00044	366	336	351±15				121096	Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Twelve Mile Bore	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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