Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marble Bar South Copper-gold Mine, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3293
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2800

mindat Locality ID: 122953
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122953.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marble Bar South Copper-gold Mine, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°14'7"S
Longitude: 119°46'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.235277777778,119.77805555556

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.

Allophane	Clay	Diaspore	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:
Allophane Clay Diaspore Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3293	2800	5509
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3293	2800	3531
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3293	2800	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3293	2800	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2860	2800	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3293	2800	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3293	2800	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG97_873-00018	pegmatite
EG97_873-00019	pegmatite
EG97_873-00020	pegmatite
EG97_873-00021	pegmatite

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG97_873-00018	2860	2800	2830±30	Rb-Sr	muscovite	Yes	Muscovite	248962	Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolyella	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00019	2855	2823	2839±16	Pb-Pb	cassiterite	Yes	Cassiterite	248962	Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolyella	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00020	2921	2815	2868±53	Pb-Pb	cassiterite	Yes	Cassiterite	248962	Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolyella	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00021	3293	2843	3068±225	Pb-Pb	apatite	Yes		248962	Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolyella	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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