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Locality Name:
Coyote Mine, Tanami, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 207284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coyote Mine, Tanami, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°53'39"S
Longitude: 128°50'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.894166666667,128.83805555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1850	1850	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1850	1850	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1850	1850	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1850	1850	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1850	1850	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1850	1850	2812
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1850	1850	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1850	1850	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1850	1850	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1850	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1850	1850	21482
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1850	1850	939

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
	Cr-00006	1850	1850					whole rock			Yes		Chromite	Cr	146977	Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia	EST PILBARA BLOCKS AND HALLS CREEK MOBILE ZONE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Sun et al. (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90045-C	PR50_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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