Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Kempton Brothers Beryl Mine (Arthur River South Pegmaitite; Tobin Well Pegmatite; Marloo No2 Pegmatite; Marloo Well No2 Pegmatite), Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 966
Youngest recorded age at locality: 942

mindat Locality ID: 243055
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243055.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kempton Brothers Beryl Mine (Arthur River South Pegmaitite; Tobin Well Pegmatite; Marloo No2 Pegmatite; Marloo Well No2 Pegmatite), Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Be Bi C Ca Cr Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si U V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Cr Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si U V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteLeucophosphiteMica
NoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uvarovite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)96694208803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1896694204286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)9669420716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)966942051
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)966942036
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O69669420518
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O9669420110
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)96694204924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2966942017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2966942039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2966942061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)59669420206
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)396694201214
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)9669420313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO296694202718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)39669420212
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)96694205251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_097966942954±12U/Pb monazite  Yes  243176Nardoo Hill (Beryl Hill), Cairn Mining Centre, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia[Gascoyne Complex]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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