Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gecko Mine (Explorer 1), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 263387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gecko Mine (Explorer 1), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°25'47"S
Longitude: 134°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.429722222222,134.06666666667

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Fluorite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hammarite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hodrušite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite
Fluorite Meneghinite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	246
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉	43
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	28
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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