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Locality Name:
Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1757
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1700

mindat Locality ID: 4622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ranger No. 1 Deposit (Ranger No. 1 Pit)
Ranger No. 3 Deposit (Ranger No. 3 Pit)

Latitude: 12°41'"S
Longitude: 132°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.683333333333,132.91638888889

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBranneriteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteJohanniteMicaNonePhosphuranylite
PyriteRocksaltZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Brannerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Curite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)
Dumontite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Johannite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Parsonsite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rabejacite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Wyartite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O617571717111042248
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217571700027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O175717000566
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O17571700051
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O17571717211042,1104382
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O17571700020
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17571700024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1757170002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317571700014640
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17571700069
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)17571717111042234
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O17571717211042,11043443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217571700017380
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)217571700063
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)417571717111042369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217571700039462
Rabejacite  (*)NoneCa2[(UO2)4O4(SO4)2](H2O)81757171711104211
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1017571717211042,1104395
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O1757171711104256
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O175717171110431059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2175717171110422718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O1757171711104294
Wyartite  (*)NoneCaU5+(UO2)2(CO3)O4(OH)·7H2O175717171110423



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG82_857-1`
Giersdorf_00000716The Ranger mine is a uranium mine with two historically viable deposits.
Giersdorf_00000717The Ranger mine is a uranium mine with two historically viable deposits.


3 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
EG82_857-1175717171737±20207Pb/206Pb whole rock3/83  UraniniteU4622Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaRanger Deposit, Northern Territory, AustraliaLudwig et al. (1987)10.2113/gsecongeo.82.4.857EG82_857Fig. 8
Giersdorf_00000716170017001700U-Pb     UraniniteU4622Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaRanger MineChipley et al. (2007)10.2138/am.2007.2226AM92_1925 
Giersdorf_00000717171217101711±1U-Pb      U4622Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, AustraliaRanger MineChipley et al. (2007)10.2138/am.2007.2226AM92_1925 


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