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Locality Name:
Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 12150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°42'46"S
Longitude: 125°57'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.712777777778,125.96333333333

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: Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)39330001588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393300011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393300027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)239330009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393300024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39330006890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239330005674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393300039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393300061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)39330006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393300021482



2 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
sedexmvt-00010393383Middle Devonian host rock age      12150Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCadjebut TrendTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00015350300325±25        12150Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCadjebutSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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