Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2770
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2450

mindat Locality ID: 272766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bull Prospect
Central Cu Prospect (Sleepy Hollow)
Giles Mini
Hope Downs 4 Mine
Hope Downs Mine (Hope Downs 1; Hope Downs North Pit)
Ironstone Prospect (252 Prospect)
Jinidi
Mining Area C (Northern Flank; Packsaddle)
Mount Robinson Prospect
Mudlark
Rhodes Ridge (Rhodes Ridge Central)
Shivani Ridge
Tandanya
West Angelas Mine (West Angeles Mine)
Wonmunna Copper Mine (Wanna-Munna)
Wonmunna Prospect

Latitude: 23°6'5"S
Longitude: 119°4'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.101388888889,119.0675

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc

Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Siderite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc

17 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
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2770	2450	4	16282,16283,16292,16311	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2770	2450	3	16282,16292,16311	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2600	2450	3	16286,16307,16334	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2600	2450	5	16286,16291,16307,16318,16334	7437
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2600	2450	1	16307	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2600	2450	6	16284,16286,16291,16307,16318,16334	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2770	2450	1	16334	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2600	2600	1	16286	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2770	2450	5	16282,16283,16292,16311,16335	12537
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2600	2600	1	16286	61
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2600	2450	1	16307	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2600	2600	1	16286	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2600	2450	2	16307,16334	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2450	4	16286,16307,16318,16334	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2600	2600	2	16286,16334	375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2600	2600	1	16286	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2600	2600	1	16286	456

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000217	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000218	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000219	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000220	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000221	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000222	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770	2770		Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism
Giersdorf_00000217	2690	2630	2690-2630		Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Uppermost formation in the Fortescue Group
Giersdorf_00000218	2600	2600	2600		Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Lowest formation in the Hamersley Group
Giersdorf_00000219	2600	2480	2600-2480		Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Carbonate layer overlying the Marra Mamba BIF, part of the Hamersley group
Giersdorf_00000220	2600	2480	2600-2480		Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Shale and chert layer overlying the Wittenoom carbonate formation, part of the Hamersley group
Giersdorf_00000221	2480	2450	2480-2450		Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	BIF overlying the Mt. Sylvia and Mt. McRae Shale layers, part of the Hamersley group
Giersdorf_00000222	2480	2450	2480-2450	Felsic and Mafic ages are indistinguishable through current dating techniques, suggesting bimodal volcanic activity in the area	Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	BIF overlying the Brockman BIF, part of the Hamersley group, ages of the felsic and mafic units in this stratigraphy are indistinguishable from each other, suggesting a contemporaneous formation time.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...