Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bamboo Creek Mine, Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2764
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2748

mindat Locality ID: 8553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bamboo Creek Mine, Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°55'28"S
Longitude: 120°12'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.924444444444,120.20694444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2764	2748	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2764	2748	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2764	2748	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2764	2748	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2764	2748	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2764	2748	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2764	2748	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2764	2748	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_306	Hosted in the Hardey Formation, Northwest Oakover Syncline. Southeast side of track from Bamboo Creek to Green Hole. It is of the Bamboo Creek Porphyry; Sheet within Hardey Sandstone; high level sill or lava.

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
	Michelle_306	2764	2748	2756±8	U-Pb	Age of "igneous activity"		zircon	94761			Zircon			8553	Bamboo Creek Mine, Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Bamboo Creek Porphyry	Blake et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.precamres.2004.03.012	PR133_143	Age of "igneous activity"

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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