Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
El Sherana Mine (El Sherana West Mine), South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1953
Youngest recorded age at locality: 733

mindat Locality ID: 41615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41615.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 13°30'34"S
Longitude: 132°31'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.509444444444,132.52055555556

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.

Autunite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Meta-autunite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt

Anglesite ()*	Autunite ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Dumontite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Heisenbergite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Saléeite ()*	Soddyite ()*
Threadgoldite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*

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 P Pb S Se Si U V

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Meta-autunite None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1953	733	2734
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1733	1413	1272
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	1733	1413	92
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1953	733	66
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1733	1413	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1953	733	27198
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	1733	1413	82
Dumontite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·5H₂O	1733	1413	20
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1953	733	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1953	733	30554
Heisenbergite ()*	Not in a structural group	(UO₂)(OH)₂·H₂O	1733	1413	3
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1733	1413	198
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1733	1413	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1733	1413	443
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1733	1413	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1953	733	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1953	733	61156
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	1733	1413	58
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1733	1413	95
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	1733	1413	44
Threadgoldite ()*	None	Al(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·8H₂O	1733	1413	9
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1733	1413	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1733	1413	2718
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	1733	1413	52

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000710	Uranium mineralization in the El Sherena mine is hosted in a cherty siltstone member of the Koolpin formation
Giersdorf_00000723	Uranium mineralization in the El Sherena mine is hosted in a cherty siltstone member of the Koolpin formation
Giersdorf_00000724	Uranium mineralization in the El Sherena mine is hosted in a cherty siltstone member of the Koolpin formation
Giersdorf_00000725	Uranium mineralization in the El Sherena mine is hosted in a cherty siltstone member of the Koolpin formation
Giersdorf_00000726	Uranium mineralization in the El Sherena mine is hosted in a cherty siltstone member of the Koolpin formation

5 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	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
Giersdorf_00000710	1733	1413	1573±160	U-Pb		high	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	41615	El Sherana Mine (El Sherana West Mine), South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	El Sherena Uranium Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	The higher age priority is due to the age being an the upper intercept age for an isochron carried out by the reference paper from laser ablation
Giersdorf_00000723	907	733	820±87	U-Pb	The age range for the El Sherena are described as being significantly variable due to the heterogeneous nature of the samples, with the mottled, altered uraninite present alongside the unaltered crystals.		uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	41615	El Sherana Mine (El Sherana West Mine), South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	El Sherena Uranium Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Range of the ages for 18 testing sites from a sample collected at the El Sherena mine.
Giersdorf_00000724	1953	1757	1855±98	U-Pb	The age range for the El Sherena are described as being significantly variable due to the heterogeneous nature of the samples, with the mottled, altered uraninite present alongside the unaltered crystals.		uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	41615	El Sherana Mine (El Sherana West Mine), South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	El Sherena Uranium Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Range of the ages for 18 testing sites from a sample collected at the El Sherena mine.
Giersdorf_00000725	1891	1881	1886±5	U-Pb	The metamorphic age of the host Koolpin formation is used as a constraint of the mineralization age of Uranium		uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	41615	El Sherana Mine (El Sherana West Mine), South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	El Sherena Uranium Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Age of peak metamorphism of the Koolpin formation, during the Niwumbah event of the Top End Orogeny
Giersdorf_00000726	1833	1823	1828±5	U-Pb	Age of the overlying Pul Pul Rhyolite over the Koolpin formation, providing a constraint for the uranium mineralization in the El Sherena mine		uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	41615	El Sherana Mine (El Sherana West Mine), South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	El Sherena Uranium Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Age of the overlying Pul Pul Rhyolite

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R090018	El Sherana Mine (El Sherana West Mine), South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	https://rruff.info/R090018

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