Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3351
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2748

mindat Locality ID: 205848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Alpha Mine
Bamboo Consolidated Mine
Bamboo Creek Mine
Bamboo King (Micky)
Bonnie Doon Mine
Bonnie Dundee (Grants)
Bulletin-Bamboo Creek (Bulletin)
Caledonia Mine
Charlie Mine (Prince Charlie)
Coppin Gap Cu-Mo Deposit (Spinifex Ridge)
Coppin Gap Iron Ore Mine (Spinifex Ridge)
Coppin Gap Pb Deposit
Federation Mine (Tidal Wave)
Gabbo's Prospect (Gobbos Prospect)
Hidden Treasure Mine
Kitchener Openpit (Bamboo Queen; No. 1; King Of Timbuctoo)
Mount Prophecy Mine
Nuggety Gully
Princess May Mine

Latitude: 20°55'40"S
Longitude: 120°11'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.927777777778,120.19444444444

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Fe H Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline

33 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3351	3117	1	15797	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2770	2770	1	15794	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2770	2770	1	15792	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3351	2748	3	15790,15792,15797	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3351	3117	1	15797	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3351	3117	1	15797	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3351	3117	1	15797	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2770	2770	1	15792	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2770	2770	1	15792	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3351	2748	4	15790,15792,15797,15806	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2770	2770	3	15792,15808,15809	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3351	3117	1	15797	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3351	2748	6	15790,15792,15797,15804,15806,15808	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	15798	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2770	2748	14	15788,15789,15790,15791,15792,15793,15794,15795,15796,15805,15808,15809,15810,15811	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	15798,15800,15801,15802,15803,15810	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	3351	3117	1	15797	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2764	2748	1	15790	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3351	3117	1	15797	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3351	3117	2	15797,15806	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3351	3117	3	15797,15798,15806	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	3351	3117	1	15797	186
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	3351	2748	0		767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3351	3117	1	15797	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3351	2748	5	15790,15792,15797,15806,15808	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3351	3117	1	15797	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2770	2748	9	15790,15792,15794,15801,15804,15806,15808,15809,15810	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3351	3117	2	15797,15806	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3351	2748	0		2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3351	3117	2	15797,15804	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2770	2770	3	15792,15798,15808	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3351	3117	1	15797	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2764	2748	1	15790	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Michelle_306	Hosted in the Hardey Formation, Northwest Oakover Syncline. Southeast side of track from Bamboo Creek to Green Hole. It is of the Bamboo Creek Porphyry; Sheet within Hardey Sandstone; high level sill or lava.

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	Sample 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
Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770	2770					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	Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism
Michelle_306	2764	2748	2756±8	U-Pb	Age of "igneous activity"	zircon	94761		Zircon			8553	Bamboo Creek Mine, Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Bamboo Creek Porphyry	Blake et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.03.012	PR133_143	Age of "igneous activity"
PorphCu-00291	3351	3117	3234±117							Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Jamesonite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Neotocite	Cu	205849	Coppin Gap Cu-Mo Deposit (Spinifex Ridge), Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Gap	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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