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Locality Name:
Lightning Ridge (Moxom Well), Braeside Station, Gregory Ranges District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2770
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2770

mindat Locality ID: 122735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lightning Ridge (Moxom Well), Braeside Station, Gregory Ranges District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°5'50"S
Longitude: 121°2'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.097222222222,121.04888888889
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 C Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteCovelliteDescloiziteMalachite
NonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2770277002793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2770277002734
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42770277005516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2770277004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2770277005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227702770027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2770277003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2770277004165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)277027700378
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16277027700300
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27702770024243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62770277001066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62770277002228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)227702770012537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)277027700362
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6277027700477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227702770039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2770277001725
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2277027700454
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27702770021482


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215Model 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_00000215277027702770     Yes  17597Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMount Tom Price MineTaylor et. al (2001)0361-0128/01/3161/837-37EG96_837Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

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