Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mons Cupri Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 272685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mons Cupri Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°52'51"S
Longitude: 117°48'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.880833333333,117.80888888889

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.

Aragonite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Feldspar Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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