Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rockhole Mine (Rockhole 1), Rockhole Area, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 41614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockhole Mine (Rockhole 1), Rockhole Area, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°28'24"S
Longitude: 132°27'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.473333333333,132.46361111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	None	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Rocksalt

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H O P Pb S Se U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H O P Pb S Se U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Marcasite Meta-autunite None Phosphuranylite Pyrite Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Eskebornite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*
Threadgoldite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	82
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	26
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Threadgoldite ()*	None	Al(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·8H₂O	9
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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