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Apatite from
Cummins Range complex (Minneroo Pool), Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Age information
Maximum recorded age:905 Âą 2 Ma
Minimum recorded age:905 Âą 2 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1905 Âą 2 MaTonian - Rb-Sr
Sample references:
1 -
Sun, S. S., Jaques, A. L., & McCulloch, M. T. (1986, September). Isotopic evolution of the Kimberley block, Western Australia. In International Kimberlite Conference: Extended Abstracts (Vol. 4, pp. 346-348).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cummins Range complex (Minneroo Pool), Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:715166
Long-form Identifier:1:3:715166:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
67.2km (41.7 miles) ⓘWolfe Creek meteorite crater, Carranya Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Sun, S. S., Jaques, A. L., & McCulloch, M. T. (1986, September). Isotopic evolution of the Kimberley block, Western Australia. In International Kimberlite Conference: Extended Abstracts (Vol. 4, pp. 346-348).
Andrew, R. L. (1990). Cummins range carbonatite. In Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea (Vol. 14, pp. 711-713). Melbourne: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Berger, Vladimir I.; Singer, Donald A.; Orris, Greta J. (2009) Carbonatites of the World, Explored Deposits of Nb and REE—Database and Grade and Tonnage Models . Open-File Report 2009-1139. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20091139
Downes, Peter J., DemÃĐny, Attila, Czuppon, GyÃķrgy, Jaques, A. Lynton, Verrall, Michael, Sweetapple, Marcus, Adams, David, McNaughton, Neal J., Gwalani, Lalchand G., Griffin, Brendan J. (2014) Stable H–C–O isotope and trace element geochemistry of the Cummins Range Carbonatite Complex, Kimberley region, Western Australia: implications for hydrothermal REE mineralization, carbonatite evolution and mantle source regions. Mineralium Deposita, 49 (8) 905-932 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0552-1
 
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