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


mindat Locality ID: 22785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buccaneer Archipelago, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cockatoo Island Mine
Collier Bay
Irvine Island
Koolan Island
Sunday Island

Latitude: 16°11'34"S
Longitude: 123°42'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.192777777778,123.705
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Cu Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChloritoidClayCorundumDiasporeMalachiteMicaNoneQuartzRutileSpinel
Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1155245707
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2115524376
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1155237437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3415523,15524,15525,1552614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411552414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211552412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211552417380
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4115524369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2315523,15524,1552661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21155245614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1155242705


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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