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Locality Name:
Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 246356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Coppin Pool
Marandoo Mine
Mount Tom Price Mine
Printstone Site
Western Turner Syncline Mine (Stage1; Stage 2; Section 10; Section 17)

Latitude: 22°44'37"S
Longitude: 117°54'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.743611111111,117.90527777778

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel
Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Danielsite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Minnesotaite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Perroudite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Segnitite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Spinel
Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1602	1588	1	14899	2734
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	3350	65	1	14899	175
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3350	65	1	14899	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1602	1588	1	14899	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1602	1588	1	14899	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	65	65	1	14899	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1602	1588	1	14899	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3350	65	1	14899	2970
Danielsite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)₁₄HgS₈	65	65	1	14899	1
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2770	1790	1	14901	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1602	1588	1	14899	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2209	1843	1	14901	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2770	1843	2	14900,14901	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2770	1843	2	14900,14901	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3350	65	1	14899	12537
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2209	1843	1	14901	61
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	3350	65	1	14899	362
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂	65	65	1	14899	23
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	3350	65	1	14899	142
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3350	65	1	14899	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1602	1588	1	14899	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3350	65	2	14899,14901	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2209	1843	1	14901	375
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3350	65	1	14899	454
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	3350	65	1	14899	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2209	1843	1	14901	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3350	65	1	14899	5186
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2209	1843	1	14901	456
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1602	1588	1	14899	332
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3350	65	1	14899	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1602	1588	1	14899	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	3350	65	1	14899	605

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000216	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000217	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000218	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000219	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000220	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000221	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000222	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000223	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000224	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000225	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000226	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000227	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000229	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

35 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Emily000075	2690	2678	2684±6	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94776	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000076	2976	2944	2960±16	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	103225	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000077	2721	2709	2715±6	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94775	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000078	2942	2930	2936±6	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94775	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000079	3350	3200	3350-3200	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94775	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000080	2294	2284	2289±5	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94773	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000081	2770	2750	2760±10	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94760	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000082	2764	2748	2756±8	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94761	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000083	2772	2756	2764±8	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94759	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000084	2785	2765	2775±10	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb 207Pb/206Pb		zircon	86738	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000085	2776	2750	2763±13	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	94792	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000086	2941	2909	2925±16	SHRIMP U-Th-Pb		zircon	103227	Zircon	Zircon		220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Arndt et al. (1991)	10.1080/08120099108727971	AJES38_261
Emily000091	1602	1588	1595±7	Pb-Pb		monazite, sphene				S	220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Gulson (1984)	10.2113/gsecongeo.79.3.476	EG79_476
Emily000092	484	478	481±3	Sr-Sr		biotite					220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Page et al. (1992)	10.2113/gsecongeo.87.8.2138	EG87_2138
Emily000093	1608	1590	1599±9	U-Pb		monazite					220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Page et al. (1992)	10.2113/gsecongeo.87.8.2138	EG87_2138
Emily000094	1608	1592	1600±8	Pb-Pb		zircon		Zircon			220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Page et al. (1992)	10.2113/gsecongeo.87.8.2138	EG87_2138
Emily000095	1640	1570	1605±35	Rb-Sr		whole rock					220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Pidgeon (1967)	10.1093/petrology/8.2.283	JP8_283
Emily000096	1578	1568	1573±5	Ar-Ar		hornblende					220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Coppin Pool	Harrison et al. (1981)	10.1016/0012-821X(81)90092-3	EPSL55_123
Hg-00002	65	65							Cinnabar, Danielsite, Perroudite	Hg	220	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Nickel (1985); Sarp et al. (1987); Arndt et al. (1991)
Giersdorf_00000216	2750	2750	2750								17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Overlies the Fortescue group disconformably to unconformably
Giersdorf_00000217	2690	2630	2690-2630								17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Uppermost formation in the Fortescue Group
Giersdorf_00000218	2600	2600	2600								17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Lowest formation in the Hamersley Group
Giersdorf_00000219	2600	2480	2600-2480								17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Carbonate layer overlying the Marra Mamba BIF, part of the Hamersley group
Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770	2770								17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism
Giersdorf_00000220	2600	2480	2600-2480								17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Shale and chert layer overlying the Wittenoom carbonate formation, part of the Hamersley group
Giersdorf_00000221	2480	2450	2480-2450								17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	BIF overlying the Mt. Sylvia and Mt. McRae Shale layers, part of the Hamersley group
Giersdorf_00000222	2480	2450	2480-2450		Felsic and Mafic ages are indistinguishable through current dating techniques, suggesting bimodal volcanic activity in the area						17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	BIF overlying the Brockman BIF, part of the Hamersley group, ages of the felsic and mafic units in this stratigraphy are indistinguishable from each other, suggesting a contemporaneous formation time.
Giersdorf_00000223	2474	2466	2470±4	U-Pb	Volcanogenic zircon crystals dated provide a good estimate of the gate of the Dales Gorge member and thereby the Brockman BIF				Zircon		17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Member layer in the Brockman BIF, volcanogenic zircons provide an age for this member
Giersdorf_00000224	2224	2194	2209±15	U-Pb	This age is a useful constraint on the age of the basal Wyloo Group unconformity.				Zircon		17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Age of the base of the Beasley River Quartzite which overlies the Hamersley and the Turee Creek group
Giersdorf_00000225	1845	1841	1843±2		Minimum age of the iron mineralization in the Hamersley province.						17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Age of the bimodal volcanic unit at the base of the Ashburton Formation in the Upper Wyloo Group.
Giersdorf_00000226	1866	1790	1828±38								17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Age of the bimodal volcanic unit at the base of the Ashburton Formation in the Upper Wyloo Group.
Giersdorf_00000227	1790	1790	1790		Age is considered to represent a late stage in the fold and thrust belt that marks the end of the Wyloo group.						17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Intrusion age into the folded and creased trough of the Ashburton layer
Giersdorf_00000229	1790	1790	1790		Postdated age of granites folded into the Ashburton formation						17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Postdated age of the Ashburton formation
Giersdorf_00000230	2209	2209	2209		Maximum age of the iron mineralization found in the area						17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Age of Basalt in the Cheela Springs Basalt unit, part of the lower Wyloo group
Giersdorf_00000231	2209	1843	2209-1843		The window of Fe mineralization is between the ages of the Cheela Springs Basalt unit of the Lower Wyloo group, and the June Hills Volcanics unit in the Upper Wyloo group.					Fe	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Age window of Fe mineralization in the area

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070419	Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R070419

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