Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boobina Creek Prospect, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3326
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3288

mindat Locality ID: 123095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boobina Creek Prospect, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°40'27"S
Longitude: 119°57'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.674166666667,119.95388888889

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.

Malachite	None	Not in a structural group

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: C Cu H O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Malachite None Not in a structural group

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Malachite ()*

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	3326	3288	5509
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3326	3288	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3326	3288	12537

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_323	Porphyry intrudes upper members of the Archaean greenstones of the Warrawoona Group

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
	Michelle_323	3326	3288	3307± 19	U-Pb	Age of intrusion		zircon	77713			Zircon			123095	Boobina Creek Prospect, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boobina Porphyry	Pidgeon (1984)	10.1080/08120098408729294	AJES31_237	Age of intrusion into the Munni Munni Complex. It is the older limit of the unconformably overlying Fortescue Group.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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