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Locality Name:
Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 12219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Fishery Hill
Howes Hill
Machells Pyramid
Mount Abbott
Mount Cedric
Mount Gytha
Mount Ibis
Mount Noreen
Noonkanbah Hill

Latitude: 18°23'7"S
Longitude: 124°42'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.385277777778,124.70916666667

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: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Ce Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeBaryteBatisiteCalciteClayCoronaditeDiamondFeldsparJeppeite
MicaNonePerovskitePyroxeneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arfvedsonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Batisite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Jeppeite  (*)Leucite  (*)
Lucasite-(Ce)  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Noonkanbahite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Priderite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Titanite  (*)
Wadeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2115596295
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)415595,15596,15597,1560011547
Batisite  (*)BatisiteNa2BaTi2O2(Si2O6)2011
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11559727770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4415595,15597,15599,156003902
Diamond  (*)DiamondC215596,15600697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6915593,15594,15595,15596,15597,15598,15599,15600,156014135
Jeppeite  (*)Jeppeite(K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe3+)6O1304
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)715593,15595,15597,15598,15599,15600,15601233
Lucasite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeTi2O5(OH)04
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O40311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)215593,155971487
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)315593,15596,155994924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211559617380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Noonkanbahite  (*)BatisiteNaKBaTi2(Si4O12)O206
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3215599,15600495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2915593,15594,15595,15596,15597,15598,15599,15600,156012273
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O16915593,15594,15595,15596,15597,15598,15599,15600,1560141
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2415593,15594,15597,1559961156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2515595,15596,15597,15600,15601148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21155965614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wadeite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi3O9027
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1155965251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060034Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060034
X060012Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/X060012
R060437Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060437
R080078Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R080078
R060036Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060036


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