Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lake Argyle Area, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 22786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Argyle Area, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Argyle Mine (Argyle AK1 Pipe)
Bow River Mine (Lower Limestone Creek)
Limestone Creek Alluvial
Lissadell Road
Smoke Creek
Zebra Rock (zebra Stone) Deposits

Latitude: 16°37'11"S
Longitude: 128°30'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.619722222222,128.50305555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet
Jeppeite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite	Wurtzite
Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Coesite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jeppeite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Lucasite-(Ce) ()*
Magnetite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Priderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Selenium ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Wadeite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diamond Feldspar Garnet
Jeppeite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Titanite Wurtzite
Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	18935	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	18935	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	18935	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	18935	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	18935	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	18935	3902
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	18935	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	5	18935,18936,18937,18938,18939	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	18935	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	18935	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	18935	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	18935	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	18935	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	18935	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	18935	5433
Jeppeite ()*	Jeppeite	(K,Ba)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₆O₁₃	1	18935	4
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	18935	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	18935	1507
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	18935	359
Lucasite-(Ce) ()*	None	CeTi₂O₅(OH)	1	18935	4
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	18935	14899
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	1	18935	57
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	18935	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	18935	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	18935	2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	1	18935	41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	18935	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	18935	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	18935	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	18935	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	18935	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	18935	5614
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	18935	143
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	18935	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	18935	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18935	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	18935	4899
Wadeite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₃O₉	1	18935	27
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	18935	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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