Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 248844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Borroloola
Bulman Deposit
Eva Valley
Gulf Of Carpenteria
McArthur River Area
Roper Bar Iron Ore Mine
Sleisbeck Mine
Wollogorang Station

Latitude: 15°29'5"S
Longitude: 135°30'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.484722222222,135.50916666667

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fritzscheite
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	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: Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Fritzscheite
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barylite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Francevillite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Threadgoldite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vandendriesscheite ()*	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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	10978	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1643	1632	1	10974	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	10981	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1643	1632	1	10974	3092
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	10981	10
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1643	1632	2	10974,10998	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			6	10978,10986,10987,10988,10992,10998	5509
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇			1	10979	33
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1780	1000	3	10976,10979,10998	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	10986,10989,10998	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1643	1632	3	10974,10989,10998	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			2	10990,10991	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	10979,10981	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	10998	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2500	1600	1	10984	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	10986,10987,10989,10998	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1780	1000	9	10974,10976,10978,10986,10987,10988,10989,10992,10998	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂			1	10978	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	10986,10989,10998	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	10998	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	10989,10998	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			3	10986,10989,10998	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	10975	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	10998	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	10998	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	1000	4	10974,10976,10984,10998	9895
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O			1	10996	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1000	5	10974,10976,10978,10984,10998	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2500	1600	1	10984	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	10994	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	10981,10993,10996,10998	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2500	1600	1	10984	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2500	1600	1	10984	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	10981	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	10998	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	10998	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1780	1000	8	10976,10978,10986,10987,10988,10989,10992,10998	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	1600	5	10974,10984,10986,10988,10989	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1643	1632	1	10974	17380
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O			1	10993	182
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	10998	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	1000	9	10974,10976,10978,10984,10986,10988,10989,10992,10998	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	10998	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1643	1632	4	10974,10978,10996,10998	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	10981,10998	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	10986,10989	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1000	3	10974,10976,10984	21482
Threadgoldite ()*	None	Al(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·8H₂O			1	10996	9
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			2	10994,10996	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	10993,10996	2718
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O			1	10996	52
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	10981,10998	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00019	1640	1632	1636±4 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag				56741	McArthur River Mine (McArthur Mine; HYC Deposit), Borroloola, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	HYC	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00032	1643	1637	1640±3					56741	McArthur River Mine (McArthur Mine; HYC Deposit), Borroloola, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	McArthur River	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
EG100_633_0001a	1780	1730	1755 ± 25	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	270093	Bulman Deposit, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Bulman deposit	Page (2005)	EG100_633
sedexmvt-00009	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic		host rock age			270093	Bulman Deposit, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Bulman	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00020	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic					203529	Coxco Deposit, Borroloola, McArthur River Area, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Coxco	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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