Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1757
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1700

mindat Locality ID: 4622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ranger No. 1 Deposit (Ranger No. 1 Pit)
Ranger No. 3 Deposit (Ranger No. 3 Pit)

Latitude: 12°41'"S
Longitude: 132°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.683333333333,132.91638888889

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.

Andalusite	Brannerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Johannite	Mica	None	Phosphuranylite
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Zircon

Brannerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Curite ()*	Dewindtite ()*
Dumontite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Johannite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Parsonsite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rabejacite ()*	Saléeite ()*	Sklodowskite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranopilite ()*	Wyartite ()*

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 Mg O P Pb S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Brannerite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Johannite Mica None Phosphuranylite
Pyrite Rocksalt Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1757	1717	1	11042	248
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1757	1700	0		27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1757	1700	0		566
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	1757	1700	0		51
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	1757	1717	2	11042,11043	82
Dumontite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·5H₂O	1757	1700	0		20
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1757	1700	0		24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1757	1700	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1757	1700	0		14640
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1757	1700	0		69
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1757	1717	1	11042	234
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1757	1717	2	11042,11043	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1757	1700	0		17380
Parsonsite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)(PO₄)₂	1757	1700	0		63
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1757	1717	1	11042	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1757	1700	0		39462
Rabejacite ()*	None	Ca₂[(UO₂)₄O₄(SO₄)₂](H₂O)₈	1757	1717	1	11042	11
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1757	1717	2	11042,11043	95
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	1757	1717	1	11042	56
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1757	1717	1	11043	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1757	1717	1	11042	2718
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	1757	1717	1	11042	94
Wyartite ()*	None	CaU⁵⁺(UO₂)₂(CO₃)O₄(OH)·7H₂O	1757	1717	1	11042	3

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG82_857-1	`
Giersdorf_00000716	The Ranger mine is a uranium mine with two historically viable deposits.
Giersdorf_00000717	The Ranger mine is a uranium mine with two historically viable deposits.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
EG82_857-1	1757	1717	1737±20	207Pb/206Pb	whole rock	3/83	Uraninite	U	4622	Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Ranger Deposit, Northern Territory, Australia	Ludwig et al. (1987)	10.2113/gsecongeo.82.4.857	EG82_857	Fig. 8
Giersdorf_00000716	1700	1700	1700	U-Pb			Uraninite	U	4622	Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Ranger Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925
Giersdorf_00000717	1712	1710	1711±1	U-Pb				U	4622	Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia	Ranger Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925

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