Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ranger No. 3 Deposit (Ranger No. 3 Pit), Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1757
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1717

mindat Locality ID: 41443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ranger No. 3 Deposit (Ranger No. 3 Pit), Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°40'60"S
Longitude: 132°55'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.683333333333,132.91666666667

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.

None	Phosphuranylite

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: Cu H Mg O P Pb U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H Mg O P Pb U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Phosphuranylite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Dewindtite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Saléeite ()*	Torbernite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	1757	1717	82
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1757	1717	443
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1757	1717	95
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1757	1717	1059

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG82_857-1	`

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
	EG82_857-1	1757	1717	1737±20	207Pb/206Pb			whole rock	3/83		Yes		Uraninite	U	4622	Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Ranger Deposit, Northern Territory, Australia	Ludwig et al. (1987)	10.2113/gsecongeo.82.4.857	EG82_857	Fig. 8

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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