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Locality Name:
Nabarlek Mine, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 920
Youngest recorded age at locality: 920

mindat Locality ID: 41645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nabarlek Mine, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°19'"S
Longitude: 133°19'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.316666666667,133.31666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti U 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAutuniteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMarcasiteMicaNonePrehnite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Curite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)Rutile  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)92092008803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS92092009052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O92092001272
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS492092005516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O69209200248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)920920027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S92092005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2920920027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS9209200966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O9209200566
Copper  (*)CopperCu92092003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS92092004165
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O920920051
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S92092001027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)292092009895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)92092008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS920920024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)92092007437
Graphite  (*)NoneC92092002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3920920014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O392092005433
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O9209200198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS292092005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2920920017380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)292092001898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2920920039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2920920061156
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)920920058
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO292092005614
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O920920056
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O92092001059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO292092002718


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000729The Nabarlek mine is a uranium deposit found in northern Australia


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000729920920920U-PbThe age of the Nabarlek sample is used as a confirmation tool as to the accuracy of the author's own findingsuraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU41645Nabarlek Mine, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaNabarlek MineChipley et al. (2007)10.2138/am.2007.2226AM92_1925Upper intercept range for uraninite of the Nabarlek

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