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Locality Name:
Ross River Resort, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 294581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ross River Resort, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Paddy's Jump Up Prospect
Tommy's Gap Copper Prospect

Latitude: 23°33'49"S
Longitude: 134°36'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.563611111111,134.61166666667
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnetMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21109593419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31109591534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1109609052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21109595509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11096027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1109605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211096027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1109603846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61109594135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1109598173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11095924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11096030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2210959,1096012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2210959,1096017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211096039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2210959,1096061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51109591516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11095921482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21109592562


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