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Locality Name:
Copper Hills, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 800

mindat Locality ID: 30814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Hills, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°56'18"S
Longitude: 122°35'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.938333333333,122.59916666667

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	Chrisstanleyite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Potarite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Berzelianite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrisstanleyite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Jagüéite ()*	Malachite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Oosterboschite ()*	Potarite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Umangite ()*

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: Ag Al Au C Cl Cu Fe H Hg O Pd Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Cl Cu Fe H Hg O Pd Se Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chrisstanleyite Copper Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Potarite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	800	800	66
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	800	800	40
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	800	800	1382
Chrisstanleyite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Ag₂Pd₃Se₄	800	800	6
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	800	800	3531
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	800	800	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	800	800	30554
Jagüéite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Cu₂Pd₃Se₄	800	800	3
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	800	800	12537
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	800	800	192
Oosterboschite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₇Se₅	800	800	5
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	800	800	25
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	800	800	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	800	800	5186
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	800	800	83
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	800	800	71

1 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
	Hg-00088	800	800										Potarite, Tiemannite	Hg	30814	Copper Hills, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Bagas and Lubieniecki (2000); Nickel (2002)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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