Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ripon Hills Manganese Prospects, Ripon Hills District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2770
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1306

mindat Locality ID: 274269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ripon Hills Manganese Prospects, Ripon Hills District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°12'54"S
Longitude: 120°44'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.215,120.73694444444

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.

Bixbyite	Braunite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Kaolinite	None	Rutile

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 Fe H K Li Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Li Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bixbyite Braunite Clay Coronadite Corundum Kaolinite None Rutile

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bixbyite ()*	Braunite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1328	1306	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1328	1306	483
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1328	1306	599
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1328	1306	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1328	1306	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1328	1306	210
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1328	1306	3106

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

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	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
	Scott-AJES64_69-0001	1328	1306	1317±11	207Pb-206Pb									Mn	274269	Ripon Hills Manganese Prospects, Ripon Hills District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Ripon Hills	Jones (2017)	10.1080/08120099.2017.1272492	AJES64_63	tuffaceous unit near the base of the Manganese Group

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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