Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 147033
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147033.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kununurra, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kununurra Diamond Prospect
Shangri La
Shangri La Mine

Latitude: 15°46'20"S
Longitude: 128°35'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.772222222222,128.59611111111

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diamond	Diaspore	Digenite	Linarite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*
Otavite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Ba C Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diamond Diaspore Digenite Linarite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	18933	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	18933	966
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	1	18933	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	18933	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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	18933	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	18933	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	18933	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	18933	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	18930,18933	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	18933	3531
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	18933	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	18933	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	18933	378
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	18929	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	18933	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	18933	300
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	18931,18933	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	18933	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	18933	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	18933	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	18933	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	18933	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	18931,18933	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	18933	362
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	18933	64
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)	1	18933	25
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	18933	477
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	18933	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	18933	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	18933	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	18933	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	18933	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	18933	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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