Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 121099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°15'40"S
Longitude: 124°43'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.261111111111,124.72916666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	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: 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:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	383	359	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	383	359	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	383	359	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	383	359	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	383	359	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	383	359	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	359	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	383	359	577
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	383	359	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	359	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	383	359	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	383	359	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	383	359	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	383	359	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	383	359	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	359	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	383	359	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	359	21482

2 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	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00026	383	359	Late Devonian		host rock age									121099	Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Napier Range (Narlarla)	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00039	372	359	Famenian											121099	Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Narlarla	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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