Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Plenty River Area, Huckitta Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 291382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plenty River Area, Huckitta Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Arcadia Mine
Ciccone's Mine
Dinkum Extended Mine
Dinkum Mine
Hammer Hill
Intermediate Mine
Jubilee Mine
King Mine
Kiwi Mine
Marenga Mine (Marengo)
Miller's Knob Mine
Ophir Mine
Paulina Mine
Princess Elizabeth Mine
Queen Mine
Ragna Mine
Southern Cross Mine
Turkey Mine
West Gimlet
Whistleduck Mine (New Year)

Latitude: 22°52'48"S
Longitude: 135°32'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.88,135.53694444444

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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Spinel	Tourmaline

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 B Be Cr Fe H K Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel Tourmaline

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chromite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	10706,10709,10710	4286
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	10699	3902
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	10703,10710	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	10708	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	10694,10701,10702,10705,10706,10708,10709,10713,10714	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	10694,10699,10701,10702,10704,10705,10706,10708,10709,10710,10713,10714	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	10705,10708,10709,10710	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	10706,10713	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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