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Biotite from
Mud Tank Zircon Field, Alcoota Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mud Tank Zircon Field, Alcoota Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:938240
Long-form Identifier:1:3:938240:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘMud Tank Vermiculite Mine, Alcoota Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘJohnnies Reward Prospect (Johnny's), Pinnacles Bore Copper Area, Strangways Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘJill's Penny Prospect, Pinnacles Bore Copper Area, Strangways Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
22.6km (14.1 miles) ⓘBlackfellows Bones Bore Area, Mount Riddock Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘEdwards Creek Prospect, Strangways Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
29.5km (18.3 miles) ⓘJohannsen's Phlogopite Mine, Strangways Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘBlackfellows' Bones Mine, Mount Riddock Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
30.5km (19.0 miles) ⓘTom Braun's Prospect, Strangways Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘOld Times Gold Mine, The Gardens Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
34.4km (21.4 miles) ⓘGecko Prospect, The Gardens Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
References
Black, L. P., LP, B., & BL, G. (1978). The age of the mud tank carbonatite, strangways range, northern territory. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 3, 227-232.
Wilson, Allan F. (1979) Contrast in the isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon between the Mud Tank Carbonatite and the marbles in the granulite terrane of the Strangways Range, central Australia. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 26 (1) 39-44 doi:10.1080/00167617908729065
Crohn, P.W., Moore, D.H. (1984) The Mud Tank Carbonatite, Strangways Range. central Australia. BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia 9 (1), 13-18.
Nelson, D.R, Chivas, A.R, Chappell, B.W, McCulloch, M.T (1988) Geochemical and isotopic systematics in carbonatites and implications for the evolution of ocean-island sources. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 52 (1) 1-17 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(88)90051-8
Currie, K. L., Knutson, J., Temby, P. A. (1992) The Mud Tank carbonatite complex, central Australia - an example of metasomatism at mid-crustal levels. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 109 (3) 326-339 doi:10.1007/bf00283322
 
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