Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 217010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jingemia Cave
Moora Prospect

Latitude: 30°15'47"S
Longitude: 116°0'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.263055555556,116.00194444444

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	Atacamite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Oxalate	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spinel	Talc	Taranakite

Anthophyllite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sampleite ()*	Talc ()*	Taranakite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Weddellite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Atacamite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Malachite Mica None Oxalate Quartz
Rocksalt Spinel Talc Taranakite

16 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
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	17985	718
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0	0	1	17984	544
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	2500	0	1	17984	178
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	541	1	17984	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2500	0	1	17984	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0	0	1	17984	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2500	0	1	17984	1398
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	17985	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	0	1	17984	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	17985	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	0	2	17984,17985	61156
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	0	0	1	17984	40
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	17985	3337
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	2500	0	1	17984	57
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	2500	0	1	17984	433
Weddellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	0	0	1	17984	32

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_826	Unique mineralization derived from the alteration of copper sulphides in contact with guano deposits.The country rock is a partially silicified Proterozoic dolomite intruded by dolerite dykes. A small chalcopyrite vein found in the cave wall by R. Adams of Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australia has been altered by phosphatic solutions from the avian and chiropterean guano deposits, resulting in crusts of atacamite with weddellite and minor sampleite coating the cliff face near the tunnel entrances.
Michelle_827	Country rock is a partially silicified Proterozoic dolomite intruded by dolerite dykes. A small chalcopyrite vein found in the cave wall by R. Adams of Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australia has been altered by phosphatic solutions from the avian and chiropterean guano deposits, resulting in crusts of atacamite with weddellite and minor sampleite coating the cliff face near the tunnel entrances.

Age ID

Locality Notes

Michelle_826

Unique mineralization derived from the alteration of copper sulphides in contact with guano deposits.The country rock is a partially silicified Proterozoic dolomite intruded by dolerite dykes. A small chalcopyrite vein found in the cave wall by R. Adams of Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australia has been altered by phosphatic solutions from the avian and chiropterean guano deposits, resulting in crusts of atacamite with weddellite and minor sampleite coating the cliff face near the tunnel entrances.

Michelle_827

Country rock is a partially silicified Proterozoic dolomite intruded by dolerite dykes. A small chalcopyrite vein found in the cave wall by R. Adams of Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australia has been altered by phosphatic solutions from the avian and chiropterean guano deposits, resulting in crusts of atacamite with weddellite and minor sampleite coating the cliff face near the tunnel entrances.

2 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
	Michelle_826	0	0	Recent		Age of surface mineralization	high						Atacamite, Gypsum, Sampleite, Weddellite		134855	Jingemia Cave, Moora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Jingemia Cave	Bridge et al. (1978)	10.1180/minmag.1978.042.323.07	MM42_369	Unique surface mineralization derived from the alteration of copper sulphides in contact with guano deposits.
	Michelle_827	2500	541	Proterozoic		Age of country rock							Dolomite		134855	Jingemia Cave, Moora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Jingemia Cave	Bridge et al. (1978)	10.1180/minmag.1978.042.323.07	MM42_369	Country rock is a partially silicified Proterozoic dolomite intruded by dolerite dykes.

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