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Locality Name:
Mineral Claim 84 Cu Deposit (Anticline Prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1790
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1790

mindat Locality ID: 12151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Claim 84 Cu Deposit (Anticline Prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°24'42"S
Longitude: 116°57'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.411666666667,116.95722222222
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantite
CalciteCaledoniteCarminiteCerchiaraiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteClayConnelliteCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteNatrochalciteNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeTetrahedrite

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)
Ashburtonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cattiite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Connellite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cumengeite  (*)
Diaboleite  (*)Digenite  (*)Duftite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hidalgoite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laurionite  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Paralaurionite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)179017900254
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6179017900966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1790179002734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4179017900246
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)17901790037
Ashburtonite  (*)CerchiaraiteHCu4Pb4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl1790179003
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3179017900544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6179017900919
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2179017900172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6179017900132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6179017900413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7179017900450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41790179005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61790179001633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6179017900359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2179017900178
Cattiite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)2·22H2O1790179008
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)417901790019
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1790179004979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O179017900197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217901790027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)217901790090
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1790179001382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1790179003531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1790179002600
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O179017900295
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16179017900227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1790179004165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16179017900599
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O17901790043
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)417901790057
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1790179001027
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)179017900220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17901790024243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O17901790041
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1790179007437
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)17901790072
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1790179006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317901790014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1790179001689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)617901790057
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61790179001066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61790179002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41790179005591
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)17901790049
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O179017900149
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)179017900234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2179017900987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217901790012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1790179001107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)179017900362
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)179017900492
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)617901790064
Paralaurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)17901790046
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6179017900158
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O179017900428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)617901790051
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2179017900158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6179017900477
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4179017900369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217901790039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1790179001725
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2179017900454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1790179006417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3179017900531
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1790179001101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131790179005317
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O417901790066
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O17901790029


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000229Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback


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
Giersdorf_00000229179017901790 Postdated age of granites folded into the Ashburton formation   Yes  17597Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMount Tom Price MineTaylor et. al (2001)0361-0128/01/3161/837-37EG96_837Postdated age of the Ashburton formation

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