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Locality Name:
Top Springs, Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 126049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Top Springs, Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°23'49"S
Longitude: 125°17'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.396944444444,125.28583333333
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: As Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteGeocroniteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS38335909052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)238335905509
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113833590843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS338335901089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2383359027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS383359024243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143833590784
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S233833590105
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2383359012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2383359039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S838335909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2383359061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS383359021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S338335903418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1338335901803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S3833590510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1338335905317


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
sedexmvt-00026383359Late Devonian host rock age   Yes  121099Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaNapier Range (Narlarla)Taylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

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