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Locality Name:
Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 216438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Todd Gold Mine (Mount Todd Goldfield; Yimuyn Manjerr)

Latitude: 14°7'39"S
Longitude: 132°7'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.1275,132.11722222222

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite
Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hedleyite ()*
Hematite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pavonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talnakhite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite
Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	10905	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	10905	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	10905,10907,10920	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	3	10905,10907,10920	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	10905,10907,10920	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	10907,10920	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	10905,10907,10920	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	10907,10920	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	10905,10907,10920	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	10905	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	10907	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2	10905,10907	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	10907,10920	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	10905	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	10905	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	10905,10907,10920	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	10905	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	10905,10907,10920	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	10905	2812
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	2	10905,10907	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	10920	14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	3	10905,10907,10920	762
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	10905,10907,10920	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	10905,10907,10920	17380
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	2	10905,10907	72
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	10905,10907,10920	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	10905,10907,10920	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	10905,10907,10920	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	10905,10920	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	10907	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	10905,10907,10920	21482
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	2	10905,10907	35

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070155	Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia	https://rruff.info/R070155

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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