Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 41612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Brown's Prospect
Dyson's Mine
Intermediate Deposit
Kylie Uranium Prospect
Mount Burton
Rum Jungle Creek South Mine
White's Mine

Latitude: 13°1'30"S
Longitude: 130°59'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.025,130.99111111111

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Autunite
Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Compreignacite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite
Johannite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Medenbachite	Meneghinite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Schoepite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Zippeite	Zircon

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 B Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Autunite
Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Compreignacite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Epsomite Fluorite
Johannite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Medenbachite Meneghinite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Schoepite
Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Wurtzite Zippeite Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Compreignacite ()*	Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heterogenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Johannite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Ludjibaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Ningyoite ()*
Osarizawaite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reichenbachite ()*
Rutile ()*	Saléeite ()*	Schoepite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Sklodowskite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranopilite ()*	Uranosphaerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zippeite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	10890	315
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	10884	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	10884	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	10884	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	10884	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	10884	919
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	10885,10890	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	10884,10890	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	10890	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	10884,10890	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	10890	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	10884	1633
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	10890	154
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	10884	94
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	10884	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	10884,10888,10890	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	10884,10888,10890	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	10884	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	10884	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	10884	966
Compreignacite ()*	Compreignacite	K₂(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·7H₂O	1	10885	27
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	10888	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	10884	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	10884,10890	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	10890	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	10884	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	10884,10890	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	10884	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	10884	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	10884	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	10885	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	10884,10890	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	10884	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	10884	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	10884	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1	10884	111
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	10884	2228
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	10890	69
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	10884	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	10884	234
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2	10884,10890	249
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	10884	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	10884,10888,10890	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	10884	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	10885	388
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	10884	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	10884	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	10884	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	10884	186
Ningyoite ()*	Rhabdophane	(U,Ca,Ce)₂(PO₄)₂·1-2H₂O	1	10885	33
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	10884	64
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	10884,10890	767
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	1	10890	182
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	10884	170
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	10884,10890	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	10884,10885,10888,10889,10890	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	10884	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	10884	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	10884,10890	61156
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	10884	26
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	10884	5614
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	3	10885,10889,10890	95
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	1	10890	94
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	10884	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	10884	249
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	1	10885	56
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	10884,10889,10890	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	10884	1101
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	10884	236
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	10888,10890	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	10884	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	10885,10888,10889	2718
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	1	10885	94
Uranosphaerite ()*	None	Bi(UO₂)O₂(OH)	1	10885	18
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	10884	1655
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	1	10890	175
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	10884	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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