Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ammaroo Station (Amaroo Station), Sandover, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 246238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ammaroo Station (Amaroo Station), Sandover, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ammaroo Phosphate Deposit
Juggler Mine
Tosca Mine (Tosca's Hope)

Latitude: 21°37'"S
Longitude: 135°19'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.616666666667,135.32944444444

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.

Allophane	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Turquoise
Wavellite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Turquoise
Wavellite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*
Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	10407	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	10405	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	10407	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	10407	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	10407	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	10407	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	10406,10407	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	10406,10407	61156
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	10407	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	10407	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	10407	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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