Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nangaroo Copper Mine, Eulaminna (Murrin Murrin Mining Centre), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3200

mindat Locality ID: 109702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109702.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nangaroo Copper Mine, Eulaminna (Murrin Murrin Mining Centre), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°55'4"S
Longitude: 121°48'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.917777777778,121.81

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	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*	Herbertsmithite ()*	Malachite ()*
Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Atacamite Chalcopyrite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3200	3200	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	3200	3200	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3200	3200	5509
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3200	3200	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3200	3200	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3200	3200	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3200	3200	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	3200	3200	2812
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	3200	3200	21
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3200	3200	12537
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	3200	3200	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3200	3200	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3200	3200	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3200	3200	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3200	3200	21482

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
	vms-00054	3200	3200	Archean										S	109702	Nangaroo Copper Mine, Eulaminna (Murrin Murrin Mining Centre), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Nangaroo	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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