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Locality Name:
Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 147026
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147026.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanami Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Apertawonga
Bunkers Hill Mine
Calamari
Callie Mine
Colliwobble Mine
Dogbolter Main Mine
Fumarole
Ghan
Harleys Mine
Minotaur
Old Pirate Prospect
Redback North
Redback Rise Spider Zone
Ridge Mine
Sleepy Hollow
Tanami Mine (The Granites Mine; Ivy Mine; Shoe Mine; Quorn Mine)
Triumph Hill Mine
Villa Mine

Latitude: 20°21'18"S
Longitude: 129°55'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.355,129.93055555556

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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGarnetMalachiteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31108622353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1010848,10850,10851,10853,10854,10860,10861,10862,10863,108649052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)210852,1086227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21010850,10851,10852,10853,10854,10860,10861,10862,10863,1086427198
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2210848,10862327
Gold  (*)CopperAu1810847,10848,10849,10850,10851,10852,10853,10854,10855,10856,10857,10858,10859,10860,10861,10862,10863,1086430554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211085212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21010847,10849,10850,10851,10852,10853,10854,10861,10862,1086417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21510847,10848,10850,10851,10852,10853,10854,10855,10858,10859,10860,10861,10862,10863,1086439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81010848,10850,10851,10853,10854,10860,10861,10862,10863,108649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21810847,10848,10849,10850,10851,10852,10853,10854,10855,10856,10857,10858,10859,10860,10861,10862,10863,1086461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1108526417



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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