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

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

mindat Locality ID: 272744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carranya Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Snelling Crater
Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater

Latitude: 19°12'22"S
Longitude: 127°37'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.206111111111,127.62527777778
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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Ni O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAuricuprideCalciteClayDiasporeFairfielditeGypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteLipscombite
NonePerovskiteQuartzSerpentineSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassidyite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Pecoraite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe18501850116398166
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1850185011639827770
Cassidyite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Ni(PO4)2·2H2O185018501163981
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)185018501163987437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O185018501163986890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6185018501163982228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4185018501163985591
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)21850185011639847
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O418501850116398229
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)41850185011639840
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21850185011639861156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O1850185011639848
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P18501850116398374


1 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 

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