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Locality Name:
Bulman Deposit, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1780
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 270093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bulman Deposit, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°25'11"S
Longitude: 134°24'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.419722222222,134.40972222222

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteMalachiteNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17801000011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217801000027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21780100009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17801000024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217801000012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217801000039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17801000021482



2 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
EG100_633_0001a178017301755 ± 25U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  270093Bulman Deposit, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaBulman depositPage (2005) EG100_633 
sedexmvt-0000916001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age      270093Bulman Deposit, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaBulmanTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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