Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 248218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Burnabbie Meteorite
Burrika Meteorite
Cardanumbi Meteorite
Cocklebiddy Cave
Cocklebiddy Meteorite
Murra-el-elevyn Cave
Nallah Meteorite
Pannikin Meteorite
Yayjinna Meteorite

Latitude: 32°1'8"S
Longitude: 126°2'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.018888888889,126.04055555556

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.

Apatite	Aphthitalite	Arcanite	Biphosphammite	Cerite	Gypsum	None	Pyroxene	Syngenite

Aphthitalite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite ()*	Brushite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Guanine ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hannayite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Monetite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Syngenite ()*	Troilite ()*
Whitlockite ()*

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: C Ca Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aphthitalite Arcanite Biphosphammite Cerite Gypsum None Pyroxene Syngenite

16 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
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0	0	1	15630	77
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	15630	30
Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite	H₂K(PO₄)	0	0	2	15628,15630	7
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	0	0	1	15630	11
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	0	0	1	15630	104
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			3	15625,15629,15631	944
Guanine ()*	None	C₅H₃(NH₂)N₄O	0	0	1	15630	7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0	0	1	15630	6890
Hannayite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Mg₃(PO₃OH)₄·8H₂O	0	0	1	15630	7
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	0	0	1	15630	367
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	0	0	1	15630	223
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)	0	0	1	15630	21
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	15632	303
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	0	0	1	15630	44
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			2	15632,15633	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	0	0	1	15630	104

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0020	Cave in formation

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
	Michelle_0020	0	0	0		Age of mineralization							Aphthitalite, Biphosphammite, Brushite, Guanine, Gypsum, Monetite, Syngenite, Whitlockite		230	Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Murra-el-elevyn Cave	Bridge (1973)	10.1180/minmag.1973.039.304.10	MM39_467	Mineralization occurs on guano rich crust within a porous limestone cave. Nullarbor Limestone is Miocene in age and the world's largest limestone karst exposure.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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