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Locality Name:
Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper Prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3200

mindat Locality ID: 231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper Prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°50'49"S
Longitude: 117°49'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.846944444444,117.83111111111

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bournonite
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fornacite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Meneghinite
Mica	Murdochite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite	hauchecornite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg I K Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg I K Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Bournonite
Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fornacite Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Meneghinite
Mica Murdochite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite Wurtzite hauchecornite

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Duftite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Osarizawaite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tučekite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3200	3200	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3200	3200	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3200	3200	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	3200	3200	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3200	3200	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3200	3200	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3200	3200	132
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	3200	3200	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3200	3200	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	3200	3200	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3200	3200	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3200	3200	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3200	3200	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3200	3200	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	3200	3200	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3200	3200	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3200	3200	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3200	3200	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3200	3200	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	3200	3200	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3200	3200	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	3200	3200	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3200	3200	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3200	3200	2970
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	3200	3200	220
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	3200	3200	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3200	3200	8173
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	3200	3200	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3200	3200	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	3200	3200	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3200	3200	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3200	3200	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3200	3200	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3200	3200	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	3200	3200	82
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	3200	3200	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3200	3200	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3200	3200	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3200	3200	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3200	3200	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	3200	3200	158
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	3200	3200	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	3200	3200	362
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	3200	3200	34
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3200	3200	17380
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3200	3200	64
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	3200	3200	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3200	3200	477
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	3200	3200	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3200	3200	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3200	3200	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3200	3200	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3200	3200	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3200	3200	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3200	3200	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3200	3200	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3200	3200	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	3200	3200	668
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3200	3200	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3200	3200	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3200	3200	4899
Tučekite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Sb₂S₈	3200	3200	17
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	3200	3200	293
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	3200	3200	63
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3200	3200	1655

1 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
	vms-00061	3200	3200	Archean										S	231	Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper Prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Whim Creek	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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