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Locality Name:
Croydon Station, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 122452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Croydon Station, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Evelyn Mine (Lady Evelyn)
Quamby And Kopje Workings

Latitude: 21°5'44"S
Longitude: 117°50'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.095555555556,117.84638888889
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
SphaleriteWurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21185255509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11852527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1185255707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211852527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1185253531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1185252970
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211852512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21185255674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211852539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2218525,1852661156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1185252473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11852521482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO11852598


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