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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

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 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: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2764274809052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227642748027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27642748024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu27642748030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42764274805591
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227642748039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227642748061156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132764274805317



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_306Hosted 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 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
Michelle_306276427482756±8U-PbAge of "igneous activity"zircon94761  Zircon  8553Bamboo Creek Mine, Bamboo Creek District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBamboo Creek PorphyryBlake et al. (2004)10.1016/j.precamres.2004.03.012PR133_143Age of "igneous activity"


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