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Locality Name:
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°59'29"S
Longitude: 130°59'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.991388888889,130.99722222222

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Medenbachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline
Zircon

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 As B C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Medenbachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline
Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Ludjibaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Plumbogummite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reichenbachite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	94
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	111
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	249
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	186
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	64
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	26
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	236
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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