Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yannery Hill Copper Mine, Karratha, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2750
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2750

mindat Locality ID: 122948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yannery Hill Copper Mine, Karratha, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°4'23"S
Longitude: 116°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.073055555556,116.93333333333

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.

Andalusite	Clay	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Clay Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2750	2750	1310
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2750	2750	5707
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2750	2750	2970
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2750	2750	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2750	2750	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2750	2750	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2750	2750	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2750	2750	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000216	Model 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 ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000216	2750	2750	2750							Yes				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Overlies the Fortescue group disconformably to unconformably

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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