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Locality Name:
Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 21892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 87
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 76

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Blina Diamond Project
Buccaneer Archipelago
Calwynyardah Station
Ellendale
Fairfield Station
Fitzroy Crossing
Hart Dolerite
Liveringa Station
Mount Barnett Roadhouse
Napier Downs Station
Noonkanbah Station
Oobagooma Station

Latitude: 17°25'26"S
Longitude: 124°51'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.423888888889,124.85083333333

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Batisite	Beryl	Bournonite	Braunite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Geocronite	Gypsum
Jeppeite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Baryte Batisite Beryl Bournonite Braunite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Diamond Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Geocronite Gypsum
Jeppeite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon Zirconolite

87 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Batisite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jeppeite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Leucite ()*	Lucasite-(Ce) ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Noonkanbahite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-fluoro-richterite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tranquillityite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wadeite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	15553,15575,15582,15585	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	393	383	1	15562	1022
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	393	300	1	15554	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	383	359	1	15580	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	393	300	1	15558	1588
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	15596	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	383	359	2	15588,15589	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	15577	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	383	359	1	15580	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	383	359	3	15573,15580,15588	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	15564	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	300	9	15533,15555,15558,15563,15592,15595,15596,15597,15600	11547
Batisite ()*	Batisite	Na₂BaTi₂O₂(Si₂O₆)₂			1	15592	11
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	15574,15587	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	383	359	1	15590	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	383	359	2	15588,15589	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	393	300	7	15558,15560,15563,15580,15592,15597,15603	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	15552,15572	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	15592	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	383	359	2	15571,15580	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	15604	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	383	359	2	15524,15580	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	353	9	15559,15563,15571,15580,15588,15589,15590,15603,15607	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	383	359	1	15580	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	15524	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	393	383	10	15533,15537,15539,15540,15542,15555,15595,15597,15599,15600	3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	383	359	1	15590	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	15573	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	393	383	16	15521,15529,15533,15540,15541,15542,15544,15545,15547,15548,15550,15555,15567,15592,15596,15600	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	383	359	1	15590	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	393	383	21	15531,15533,15537,15540,15542,15544,15546,15549,15555,15561,15562,15592,15593,15594,15595,15596,15597,15598,15599,15600,15601	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	393	300	4	15558,15560,15580,15590	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	15578,15579	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	360	353	1	15563	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	300	12	15554,15557,15558,15559,15560,15563,15571,15580,15588,15589,15590,15603	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	15523,15604	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	393	300	1	15558	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			5	15523,15524,15525,15526,15544	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	383	359	1	15580	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	383	359	2	15571,15580	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	15564	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	383	359	2	15588,15589	784
Jeppeite ()*	Jeppeite	(K,Ba)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₆O₁₃			1	15592	4
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	105
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	393	383	14	15531,15540,15541,15546,15549,15562,15592,15593,15595,15597,15598,15599,15600,15601	233
Lucasite-(Ce) ()*	None	CeTi₂O₅(OH)			1	15592	4
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	15592	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	15593,15597	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	383	359	4	15524,15537,15544,15580	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	383	359	9	15524,15571,15573,15580,15588,15589,15604,15605,15607	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	393	300	6	15558,15560,15563,15571,15580,15590	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			7	15552,15574,15576,15587,15593,15596,15599	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			8	15524,15552,15574,15577,15587,15596,15603,15607	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	15592	471
Noonkanbahite ()*	Batisite	NaKBaTi₂(Si₄O₁₂)O₂			1	15592	6
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	15579	2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	393	383	9	15533,15537,15539,15540,15544,15555,15592,15599,15600	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	393	383	22	15531,15533,15537,15539,15540,15542,15544,15549,15555,15556,15561,15562,15592,15593,15594,15595,15596,15597,15598,15599,15600,15601	2273
Potassic-fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	K(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	393	300	0		11
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	15585	1898
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	393	383	17	15533,15537,15542,15549,15556,15561,15562,15592,15593,15594,15595,15596,15597,15598,15599,15600,15601	41
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	15524	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	300	13	15554,15557,15558,15560,15563,15571,15573,15580,15588,15589,15590,15603,15607	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	393	383	1	15555	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	383	359	7	15573,15577,15582,15588,15589,15603,15607	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	300	27	15523,15524,15526,15531,15552,15553,15556,15558,15564,15573,15574,15576,15578,15580,15582,15587,15588,15589,15592,15593,15594,15597,15599,15603,15604,15605,15607	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	393	383	14	15531,15537,15540,15542,15544,15546,15561,15562,15592,15595,15596,15597,15600,15601	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			4	15524,15540,15592,15596	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	15592	598
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			3	15524,15574,15587	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	393	300	1	15558	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	383	359	1	15580	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	300	11	15554,15557,15558,15560,15563,15571,15580,15588,15589,15590,15603	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	393	383	1	15561	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	15577	456
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	15572	99
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	383	359	2	15588,15589	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	15592	4899
Tranquillityite ()*	Braunite	Fe²⁺₈Ti₃Zr₂Si₃O₂₄			1	15564	17
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	15540	1395
Wadeite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₃O₉	393	383	7	15537,15539,15540,15544,15561,15562,15592	27
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			4	15540,15578,15579,15596	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	15564	140

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00010	393	383	Middle Devonian		host rock age	12150	Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cadjebut Trend	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00015	350	300	325±25			12150	Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cadjebut	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00017	366	336	351±15 Ma (U-Pb)	U-Pb		121096	Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Goongewa (Twelve Mile Bore)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00044	366	336	351±15			121096	Goongewa Mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Twelve Mile Bore	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00028	360	353	357±3 Ma (Rb-Sr); 356±3 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag, Rb-Sr		121097	Pillara (Blendevale), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Pillara (Blendevale)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00012	360	354	357±3			121097	Pillara (Blendevale), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Blendvale	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00026	383	359	Late Devonian		host rock age	121099	Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Napier Range (Narlarla)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00039	372	359	Famenian			121099	Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Narlarla	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00031	383	359	Late Devonian		host rock age	121101	Wagon Pass, Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wagon Pass	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060034	Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060034
X060012	Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/X060012
R060437	Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060437
R080078	Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R080078
R060036	Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060036

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