Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kachana Station, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1873
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1853

mindat Locality ID: 248215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kachana Station, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Martins Fluorite (Speewah Prospect)
Martins Silver Lead (Duracks)
Maude Creek Dyke

Latitude: 16°29'"S
Longitude: 127°52'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.483333333333,127.87194444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Datolite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Spinel ()*
Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diamond Epidote Fluorite
Gadolinite Garnet Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Spinel Titanite Zircon

22 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1873	1853	2	18919,18924	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1873	1853	2	18922,18923	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	18924	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1873	1853	2	18919,18923	27198
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1873	1853	1	18919	498
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	18925	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	18925	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1873	1853	1	18919	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1873	1853	5	18919,18920,18921,18922,18923	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1873	1853	4	18919,18920,18923,18924	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1873	1853	1	18919	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1873	1853	1	18919	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1873	1853	2	18919,18925	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	18924	12537
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	18925	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	18925	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	18925	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1873	1853	3	18920,18923,18924	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	18924	5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	18925	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	18925	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	18925	939

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001065	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dyke at least 20 m wide and 80 m long. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: K-feldspar fenite.

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
	Jen_0001065	1873	1853	1863±10	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			126076	Martins Fluorite (Speewah Prospect), Kachana Station, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Yungul	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796	On geological grounds, Alvin et al. (2004) consider the age to be probably Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous and that the dated zircon is xenocrystal.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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