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Locality Name:
Lamboo Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 800

mindat Locality ID: 250996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lamboo Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Emull Bore Prospect (Red Billabong Project)
Hangmans Bore Creek Prospect
Lamboo Asbestos Deposit
Location 5
Mount Dockrell Pegmatites (Mount Dockerell)
Nicolsons Mine

Latitude: 18°34'31"S
Longitude: 127°17'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.575277777778,127.28666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBaddeleyiteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneOlivinePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTourmalineZirconZirconolite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)18501850416459,16461,16462,164638803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)218501850116456718
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2907800116460238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)90780011646011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1818501850416459,16461,16462,164634286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)90780011646027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO218501850416459,16461,16462,164635171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21850800316454,16457,1646027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O185018501164543531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61850800216454,164604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)29078001164609895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF29078001164609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18501850216454,1645724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1850185011646430554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31850800516459,16460,16461,16462,164635433
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)18501850416459,16461,16462,16463155
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)9078001164601487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41850800216456,1646014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21850185011645412537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18501850416459,16461,16462,164634924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)907800116460945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218501850416459,16461,16462,1646317380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)28008001164602273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21850800316454,16457,1646039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81850800316454,16457,164609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218501850616456,16459,16461,16462,16463,1646461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18501850416459,16461,16462,164632705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)318501850416459,16461,16462,164631214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18501850216454,1645721482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O618501850416459,16461,16462,16463688
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2907800116460236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O9078001164604899
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)18501850416459,16461,16462,16463313
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)9078001164605251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7907800116460140



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000994MAGMATIC STYLE: Small plug and veins up to 60 m thick, possibly forming ring dyke or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and carbonated mica-rich pyroxenite.
Jen_0000995MAGMATIC STYLE: Small plug and veins up to 60 m thick, possibly forming ring dyke or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and carbonated mica-rich pyroxenite.
Jen_0000996MAGMATIC STYLE: Small plug and veins up to 60 m thick, possibly forming ring dyke or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and carbonated mica-rich pyroxenite.


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Cr-0000618501850   whole rock  YesChromiteCr146977Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaEST PILBARA BLOCKS AND HALLS CREEK MOBILE ZONE, WESTERN AUSTRALIASun et al. (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90045-CPR50_1 
Jen_0000994852852852        227754Cummins Range Complex (Minneroo Pool), Mount Dockrell Pegmatites (Mount Dockerell), Lamboo Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCummins RangeWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000995907903905±2Rb-Sr phlogopite, apatite     227754Cummins Range Complex (Minneroo Pool), Mount Dockrell Pegmatites (Mount Dockerell), Lamboo Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCummins RangeWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000996800800800Rb-Sr phlogopite   Phlogopite  227754Cummins Range Complex (Minneroo Pool), Mount Dockrell Pegmatites (Mount Dockerell), Lamboo Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCummins RangeWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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