Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oobagooma Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 246361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oobagooma Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chianti Prospect
Grant's Find (Grant's Prospect; Grant's Reward; Mount Nellie Mine)
Monarch Prospects (Berylton Prospects)
Oobagooma Project
Wilson's Reward (Wilson's Prospect; Wilson's Find)

Latitude: 16°36'3"S
Longitude: 124°11'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.600833333333,124.18694444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Malachite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	15603	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	15604	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	15603,15607	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	15603	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	15604	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	15604,15605,15607	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	15603,15607	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	15603,15607	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	15603,15607	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	15603,15604,15605,15607	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	15603	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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