Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1873
Youngest recorded age at locality: 323

mindat Locality ID: 147005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bow River Station
Carlton Hill Station
Carson River Station
Glen Hill Station
Ivanhoe Station
Kachana Station
King George River
Kununurra
Lake Argyle Area
Mitchell Plateau Deposit
Mount Barnett Station
Ningbing Station
Oombulgurri Community
Rosewood Station
Sorby Hills
Warmun

Latitude: 15°38'8"S
Longitude: 127°59'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.635555555556,127.99055555556

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diamond	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Jeppeite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diamond Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Jeppeite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur
Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

89 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coesite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*
Datolite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jeppeite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Linarite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Lucasite-(Ce) ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*
Moissanite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Osarizawaite ()*	Otavite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*
Selenium ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wadeite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zincite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	18933	2793
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	18935	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	18933	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2	18935,18946	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	18903	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	18933	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	18933	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1873	1853	3	18919,18924,18933	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1873	1853	4	18922,18923,18933,18935	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	18933	132
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	18933	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇			1	18933	450
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)			1	18946	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	18933	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	359	323	1	18958	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	18933	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	323	4	18903,18935,18952,18958	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	359	323	5	18907,18924,18933,18952,18958	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	18933,18956	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1873	1853	6	18904,18919,18923,18930,18933,18935	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			4	18903,18927,18935,18954	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	18933	3531
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂			1	18935	77
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	18933	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	18933	4165
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1873	1853	1	18919	498
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	18933	378
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			14	18909,18910,18911,18912,18913,18925,18929,18935,18936,18937,18938,18939,18950,18954	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	18933	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			4	18903,18925,18927,18935	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	18933	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	323	6	18906,18907,18917,18935,18952,18958	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	18935	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1873	1853	4	18903,18919,18946,18948	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1873	1853	6	18919,18920,18921,18922,18923,18960	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	18935	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1873	323	12	18906,18917,18919,18920,18923,18924,18931,18933,18935,18952,18958,18960	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	18946	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	18915,18933,18946	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1873	1853	2	18919,18933	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1873	1853	5	18915,18919,18933,18935,18946	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	18907,18933	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	18907	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	18927,18935,18946	5433
Jeppeite ()*	Jeppeite	(K,Ba)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₆O₁₃			1	18935	4
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	18935,18946	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	18935	1507
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	18933	987
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	18935	359
Lucasite-(Ce) ()*	None	CeTi₂O₅(OH)			1	18935	4
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	18946	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1873	1853	4	18903,18919,18925,18935	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	18904,18924,18931,18933	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	359	323	3	18906,18952,18958	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO			1	18907	202
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC			1	18935	57
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	18946	1508
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	18933	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	18946	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	18935	2349
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	18933	64
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)			1	18933	25
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	18904,18935	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	18925	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			4	18903,18925,18927,18935	2273
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	18933	477
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆			1	18935	41
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	359	323	1	18958	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	323	4	18917,18935,18952,18958	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	18925,18935	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	18904,18935	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1873	1853	8	18920,18923,18924,18933,18935,18946,18948,18960	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	18935	148
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	18933	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			4	18927,18935,18946,18954	5614
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			1	18935	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	18924	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	18933	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	323	6	18906,18917,18933,18935,18952,18958	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			4	18903,18925,18927,18935	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	18927,18935	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	359	323	1	18958	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	359	323	2	18933,18958	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	18903,18925,18935	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	18933	605
Wadeite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₃O₉			1	18935	27
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	18925	939
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	18952	98
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	18927,18935,18954	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001065	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dyke at least 20 m wide and 80 m long. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: K-feldspar fenite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0001065	1873	1853	1863±10	U-Pb		zircon	Zircon	126076	Martins Fluorite (Speewah Prospect), Kachana Station, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Yungul	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796	On geological grounds, Alvin et al. (2004) consider the age to be probably Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous and that the dated zircon is xenocrystal.
sedexmvt-00030	359	323	Mississippian		host rock age			122325	Sorby Hills Mine, Sorby Hills, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sorby Hills	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00042	359	331	Lower Carboniferous, middle Tournaisian to late Visean					122325	Sorby Hills Mine, Sorby Hills, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sorby	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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