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Locality Name:
Bulloo Downs Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 265808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bulloo Downs Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ilgarari
Keep It Dark Mine
Koode Magi Prospect
Kumarina Copper Mine
Kumerina Meteorite (Kumarina)
Neds Gap Prospect
Scotty Prospect
Tower's Find Prospect (Mountain Maid; Nounena; Cawse)

Latitude: 24°16'20"S
Longitude: 119°33'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.272222222222,119.56111111111
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAragoniteAtacamiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGypsumIron
KaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksalt

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cohenite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Iron  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1174423250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3217439,17442544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2217439,174425509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4217439,174425516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11744227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1174404979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S417439,17441,17442,174445707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2217439,1744227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O617439,17441,17442,17444,17445,174463531
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe311744377
Copper  (*)CopperCu217439,174423846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O317439,17442,174452970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11744024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu217439,1744030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O217441,174446890
Iron  (*)IronFe1174431089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4317439,17442,174465591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2617439,17441,17442,17444,17445,1744612537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1174412994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2217439,1744039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2517439,17440,17441,17442,1744461156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1174391101
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1174431044


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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