Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sulphur Springs Prospect, Panorama Area, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 206054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulphur Springs Prospect, Panorama Area, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°6'56"S
Longitude: 119°14'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.115555555556,119.245

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Kobellite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Weibullite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Kobellite Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4000	2500	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4000	2500	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4000	2500	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4000	2500	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	4000	2500	1089
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4000	2500	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	9895
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	4000	2500	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4000	2500	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4000	2500	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4000	2500	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4000	2500	5317
Weibullite ()*	Kobellite	Ag_0.33Pb_5.33Bi_8.33(S,Se)₁₈	4000	2500	10

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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
	vms-00058	4000	2500	Archean											206054	Sulphur Springs Prospect, Panorama Area, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Panorama (Sulphur Springs)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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