Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Elizabeth Hill Mine (Elizabeth Hills Mine; Elizabeth Hill Silver Mine), Karratha, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2750
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2750

mindat Locality ID: 212254
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212254.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elizabeth Hill Mine (Elizabeth Hills Mine; Elizabeth Hill Silver Mine), Karratha, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°3'40"S
Longitude: 116°57'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.061111111111,116.95194444444

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Marcasite Millerite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2750	2750	2793
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2750	2750	67
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2750	2750	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2750	2750	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2750	2750	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2750	2750	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2750	2750	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2750	2750	7437
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2750	2750	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	2750	2750	51
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2750	2750	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2750	2750	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2750	2750	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2750	2750	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2750	2750	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2750	2750	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2750	2750	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2750	2750	605
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2750	2750	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000216	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

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
	Giersdorf_00000216	2750	2750	2750							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	Overlies the Fortescue group disconformably to unconformably

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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