Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Koongarra Deposit, Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 870
Youngest recorded age at locality: 870

mindat Locality ID: 41646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koongarra Deposit, Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°52'"S
Longitude: 132°49'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.866666666667,132.83333333333

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.

Copper	Fluorite	None	Phosphuranylite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Schoepite	Wölsendorfite

Curite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renardite ()*
Saléeite ()*	Sklodowskite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*
Wölsendorfite ()*

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: Au C Ca Cu H Mg O P Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cu H Mg O P Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Fluorite None Phosphuranylite Quartz Rocksalt Schoepite Wölsendorfite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	870	870	51
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	870	870	82
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	870	870	61
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	870	870	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	870	870	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	870	870	2812
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	870	870	198
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	870	870	443
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	870	870	61156
Renardite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·7H₂O	870	870	7
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	870	870	95
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	870	870	56
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	870	870	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	870	870	890
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	870	870	52
Wölsendorfite ()*	Wölsendorfite	Pb₇(UO₂)₁₄O₁₉(OH)₄·12H₂O	870	870	43

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000730	The Koongarra deposit is a uranium deposit found in northern Australia

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
	Giersdorf_00000730	870	870	870	U-Pb	The age of the Koongarra sample is used as a confirmation tool as to the accuracy of the author's own findings		uraninite				Uraninite	Uraninite	U	41646	Koongarra Deposit, Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Koongarra Deposit	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	Upper intercept range for uraninite of the Koongarra

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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