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Locality Name:
Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 800

mindat Locality ID: 248184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Bilbo And Dione
Camel Rocks Copper Prospect
Cassandra
Colt
Coogee
Copper Hills
Copper Hills Graphite Project
Cottesloe (Eva Well)
Glikson Crater
Gunanya
Kintyre (Tracy; Yandagooge)
Lead Hills
Maroochydore
Minder
Nifty Cu Mine
Rudall River 1
Rudall River 2
South Rudall Dome Prospect
Sunday Creek
Telfer Mine
Urangan
Warrabarty

Latitude: 22°19'6"S
Longitude: 122°7'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.318333333333,122.13111111111

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bastnäsite
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Chrisstanleyite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Mixite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Potarite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Na Nd Ni O P Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Bastnäsite
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Chrisstanleyite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Mixite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Potarite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrisstanleyite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dussertite ()*	Galena ()*
Geerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jagüéite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kësterite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mixite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Oosterboschite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Potarite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Umangite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Variscite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Mixite	CeCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	16203	43
Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Mixite	NdCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	16203	18
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	16203	90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	16186,16197,16203	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	16203	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	16194	1310
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄			1	16203	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	16185,16194,16203	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	16203	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			2	16198,16203	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	16198,16203	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	16198,16203	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	16203	304
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	800	800	1	16189	66
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	16203	413
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	16194	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	16194,16203	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	16194,16203	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	16198,16203	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	16194,16198,16203	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	16203	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	16198,16203	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	800	800	1	16189	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			9	16184,16185,16194,16196,16197,16198,16201,16202,16203	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂			2	16198,16203	90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	800	800	1	16189	1382
Chrisstanleyite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Ag₂Pd₃Se₄	800	800	1	16189	6
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	800	800	4	16189,16198,16201,16203	3531
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	16203	43
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	16186	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3	16187,16198,16203	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	16203	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	16203	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	16202,16203	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	16203	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			3	16193,16198,16203	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			8	16188,16191,16194,16196,16198,16203,16204,16205	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	16203	648
Dussertite ()*	Alunite	BaFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	16203	33
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			12	16184,16188,16191,16194,16195,16196,16197,16198,16201,16203,16204,16205	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅			1	16203	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	800	800	4	16189,16194,16198,16203	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	800	800	4	16187,16189,16194,16203	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	16190,16194,16203	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	16196,16203	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	16186,16198,16203	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	16198	367
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	16203	180
Jagüéite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Cu₂Pd₃Se₄	800	800	1	16189	3
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	16198,16203	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄			1	16203	82
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	16185,16203	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	800	800	7	16185,16189,16193,16196,16198,16201,16203	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	16203	5674
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			2	16198,16203	168
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	16203	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	16185,16186,16194,16198,16203	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	800	800	1	16189	192
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	16203	492
Oosterboschite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₇Se₅	800	800	1	16189	5
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	16203	767
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			2	16198,16203	170
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	800	800	1	16189	25
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			2	16198,16203	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			9	16184,16185,16193,16194,16196,16198,16201,16202,16203	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			4	16198,16201,16203,16204	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	800	800	7	16188,16189,16193,16194,16195,16203,16204	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	16203	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	16203	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	16194,16195,16203	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	800	800	4	16187,16189,16198,16203	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			10	16188,16191,16194,16195,16196,16197,16201,16203,16204,16205	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	16203	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	16203	3418
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	16198,16203	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	16203	510
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	800	800	1	16189	83
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	16202	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	16190	2562
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	800	800	1	16189	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			4	16184,16186,16194,16202	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			2	16198,16203	301
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	16203	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	16203	5251

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
	Hg-00088	800	800										Potarite, Tiemannite	Hg	30814	Copper Hills, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Bagas and Lubieniecki (2000); Nickel (2002)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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