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Locality Name:
Copper Hills Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 122950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Hills Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°39'33"S
Longitude: 119°58'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.659166666667,119.97833333333
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 K Na O S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2500250008803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22500250005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42500250005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2500250005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225002500027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2500250003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2500250003846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2500250008173
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42500250005591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425002500014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)225002500012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225002500017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2500250002349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225002500039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82500250009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225002500061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25002500021482


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
PorphCu-0014525002500Archean      Chalcopyrite, Malachite, PyriteCu122950Copper Hills Mine, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCopper HillsSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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