Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 998
Youngest recorded age at locality: 592

mindat Locality ID: 13568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°32'5"S
Longitude: 132°33'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.534722222222,132.5625

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Becquerelite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Curite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Masuyite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palladium ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Saléeite ()*	Soddyite ()*	Threadgoldite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranopilite ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Te U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Te U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite Meta-autunite Mica None Phosphuranylite Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	935	747	92
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	998	592	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	998	592	281
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	998	592	169
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	935	747	51
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	998	592	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	998	592	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	998	592	14640
Masuyite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₃O₃(OH)₂·3H₂O	935	747	23
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	935	747	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	935	747	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	998	592	17380
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	998	592	59
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	935	747	182
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	998	592	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	998	592	39462
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	935	747	58
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	935	747	95
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	935	747	44
Threadgoldite ()*	None	Al(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·8H₂O	935	747	9
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	935	747	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	935	747	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	935	747	890
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	935	747	94
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	935	747	52

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000709	Uranium mineralization of the Palette mine is hosted by the Coronation sandstone, between the sandstone and the Koolpin formation.
Giersdorf_00000721	Uranium mineralization of the Palette mine is hosted by the Coronation sandstone, between the sandstone and the Koolpin formation.
Giersdorf_00000722	Uranium mineralization of the Palette mine is hosted by the Coronation sandstone, between the sandstone and the Koolpin formation.

3 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	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_00000709	935	747	841±94	U-Pb		high	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	13568	Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Palette Uranium Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	The higher age priority is due to the age being an the upper intercept age for an isochron carried out by the reference paper from laser ablation
Giersdorf_00000721	676	592	634±42	U-Pb	The age ranges for the sample are largely in agreement with previous works cited by the author, particularly lining up with an intercept age of 730		uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	13568	Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Palette Uranium Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Range of the ages for 14 testing sites across 5 grains from a polished sample of the Palette deposit
Giersdorf_00000722	998	930	964±34	U-Pb	The age ranges for the sample are largely in agreement with previous works cited by the author, particularly lining up with an intercept age of 730		uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	13568	Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Palette Uranium Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Range of the ages for 14 testing sites across 5 grains from a polished sample of the Palette deposit.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060407	Palette Mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060407

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