Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
McArthur River Area, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1600

mindat Locality ID: 147023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McArthur River Area, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Borroloola
Calvert Hills

Latitude: 16°57'47"S
Longitude: 136°58'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.963055555556,136.975

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite
Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 K Mg O P Pb S Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite
Marcasite None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

25 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	10986,10987,10988,10992	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	10986,10989	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	10989	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			2	10990,10991	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2500	1600	1	10984	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			3	10986,10987,10989	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	10986,10987,10988,10989,10992	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	10986,10989	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	10989	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	10986,10989	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	1600	1	10984	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1600	1	10984	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2500	1600	1	10984	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	10994	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	10993	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2500	1600	1	10984	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2500	1600	1	10984	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	10986,10987,10988,10989,10992	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	1600	4	10984,10986,10988,10989	5674
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O			1	10993	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	1600	5	10984,10986,10988,10989,10992	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	10986,10989	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1600	1	10984	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	10994	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	10993	2718

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
	sedznpb-00020	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic											203529	Coxco Deposit, Borroloola, McArthur River Area, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Coxco	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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