Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rockhole Area, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 191091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockhole Area, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
O'Dwyers Mine
Rockhole Mine (Rockhole 1)
Sterrets Mine (Sterretts No 1)
Teagues Mine

Latitude: 13°28'29"S
Longitude: 132°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.474722222222,132.46666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Mica
None	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Rocksalt

Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Eskebornite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Threadgoldite ()*	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 O P Pb S Se Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Marcasite Meta-autunite Mica
None Phosphuranylite Pyrite Rocksalt

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	11052	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	11052	281
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	1	11052	82
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	1	11052	26
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	11052	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	11052	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	11052	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	11052	388
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	11052	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	11052	6417
Threadgoldite ()*	None	Al(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·8H₂O	1	11052	9
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	11052	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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