Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine, Gregory Ranges District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8.9

mindat Locality ID: 18838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine, Gregory Ranges District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°39'7"S
Longitude: 121°13'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.651944444444,121.22944444444

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.

Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rutile

Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Braunite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Manganite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bixbyite Braunite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore None Quartz Ramsdellite Rutile

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	51.6	8.9	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	51.6	8.9	178
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	51.6	8.9	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	51.6	8.9	483
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	51.6	8.9	197
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	51.6	8.9	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	51.6	8.9	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	51.6	8.9	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	51.6	8.9	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	51.6	8.9	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	51.6	8.9	243
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	51.6	8.9	210
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	51.6	8.9	770
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	51.6	8.9	121
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	51.6	8.9	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	51.6	8.9	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	51.6	8.9	312
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	51.6	8.9	433

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000218	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

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	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000218	2600	2600	2600				Yes			17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Lowest formation in the Hamersley Group
Scott-EG94_87-0001	51.6	50.6	51.1±0.5	K-Ar	age of mineralization	cryptomelane		Cryptomelane	Mn	18838	Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine, Gregory Ranges District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodie Woodie	Dammer et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.1.87	EG94_87	P. 95
Scott-EG94_87-0002	9.5	8.9	9.2±0.3	K-Ar	age of mineralization	cryptomelane		Cryptomelane	Mn	18838	Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine, Gregory Ranges District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodie Woodie	Dammer et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.1.87	EG94_87	P. 95

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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