Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 146976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Big Spring
Big Spring West
Brooking Gorge (Discovery Gossan; Screaming Gossan; Black Gossan)
Cadjebut Mine
Coolan Creek Yard
Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek)
Mount Rose
Old Leopold Hill
Pillara (Blendevale)

Latitude: 17°57'9"S
Longitude: 125°47'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.9525,125.79805555556

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Diamond	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Leucite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Wadeite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Diamond Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	393	383	1	15562	1022
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	393	300	0		2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	393	300	1	15558	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	300	3	15555,15558,15563	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	393	300	3	15558,15560,15563	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	353	2	15559,15563	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	393	383	1	15555	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	393	383	1	15555	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	393	383	3	15555,15561,15562	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	393	300	2	15558,15560	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	360	353	1	15563	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	300	5	15557,15558,15559,15560,15563	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	393	300	1	15558	6890
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	393	383	1	15562	233
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	393	300	3	15558,15560,15563	5674
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	393	383	1	15555	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	393	383	4	15555,15556,15561,15562	2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	393	383	3	15556,15561,15562	41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	300	4	15557,15558,15560,15563	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	393	383	1	15555	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	300	2	15556,15558	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	393	383	2	15561,15562	148
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	393	300	1	15558	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	300	4	15557,15558,15560,15563	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	393	383	1	15561	1934
Wadeite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₃O₉	393	383	2	15561,15562	27

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00010	393	383	Middle Devonian		host rock age	12150	Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cadjebut Trend	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00015	350	300	325±25			12150	Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cadjebut	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00017	366	336	351±15 Ma (U-Pb)	U-Pb		121096	Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Goongewa (Twelve Mile Bore)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00044	366	336	351±15			121096	Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Twelve Mile Bore	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00028	360	353	357±3 Ma (Rb-Sr); 356±3 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag, Rb-Sr		121097	Pillara (Blendevale), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Pillara (Blendevale)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00012	360	354	357±3			121097	Pillara (Blendevale), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Blendvale	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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