Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eulaminna (Murrin Murrin Mining Centre), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3200

mindat Locality ID: 263630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eulaminna (Murrin Murrin Mining Centre), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Alix Junior Gold Mine
Anaconda Copper Mine (Murrin Murrin Copper Mine; Eulaminna Copper Mine)
Avenger Gold Prospect
Bound To Win Gold Mine
Crayfish Creek Prospect
Crayfish North Gold Prospect
East Gabbro Gold Prospect
Elbe Gold Mine
Handsworth Gold Mine
Hill End Gold Mine
Hill's Proprietary Gold Mine (Hill's; Murrin Proprietary)
Homeward Bound Gold Mine (Federation)
Mailman Hill
Malcolm-Challenger Gold Mine
Murrin Murrin Ni-Co Mine (Anaconda Nickel Mine)
Nangaroo Copper Mine
Princess Alix Gold Mine
Princess Iris Gold Mine
Rio Tinto Prospect
Vindicator Gold Prospect

Latitude: 28°53'43"S
Longitude: 121°48'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.895277777778,121.8025

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	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Beidellite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Herbertsmithite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Népouite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Arsenopyrite Atacamite Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc

41 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3200	3200	1	17273	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	3200	3200	1	17273	544
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	3200	3200	0		260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3200	3200	2	17257,17273	5509
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	17270	85
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3200	3200	1	17257	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	17270	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3200	3200	1	17273	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3200	3200	2	17257,17273	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3200	3200	2	17257,17273	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3200	3200	1	17257	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3200	3200	1	17257	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3200	3200	1	17257	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3200	3200	1	17257	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3200	3200	2	17270,17273	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	17270	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3200	3200	9	17256,17257,17259,17263,17264,17266,17269,17274,17275	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	3200	3200	1	17273	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	17270	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	17270	14640
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	3200	3200	2	17270,17273	21
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3200	3200	2	17257,17270	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	17270	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	17270	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	17270	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	17270	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3200	3200	2	17257,17273	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3200	3200	1	17257	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	17270	1508
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	17268	66
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	17270	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	17270	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	17270	306
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	3200	3200	1	17273	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3200	3200	2	17257,17273	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3200	3200	1	17273	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3200	3200	4	17257,17269,17270,17273	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	17270	301
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3200	3200	1	17257	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3200	3200	2	17257,17273	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	17270	3337

2 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
	vms-00049	3200	3200	Archean										S	109701	Anaconda Copper Mine (Murrin Murrin Copper Mine; Eulaminna Copper Mine), Eulaminna (Murrin Murrin Mining Centre), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Eulaminna	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00054	3200	3200	Archean										S	109702	Nangaroo Copper Mine, Eulaminna (Murrin Murrin Mining Centre), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Nangaroo	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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