Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Coppin Pool | - not defined - |
| Tom Price | - not defined - |
| Ashburton Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 53' 57'' South , 118° 7' 56'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Price | 2,723 (2011) | 41.6km |
| Paraburdoo | 1,723 (2015) | 58.2km |
Located 41 km ESE of Mount Tom Price.
From little things, big things grow. This location was no more than a small supergene pod in barren quartz, yet produced two species new to science.
It is a weathering pocket of a sulphide assemblage that was originally galena and chalcopyrite.
Danielsite was named after Dr John L. Daniels, who collected the material and is a geologist with Geoscan Pty Ltd. Only two specimens are known to exist, one housed in Museum Victoria, and the holotype specimen with the Western Australian Museum.
Perroudite has three co-type localities - Cap Garonne, France; Broken Hill, New South Wales; and Coppin Pool, Western Australia. Perroudite occurs at Coppin Pool as coatings of prismatic crystals from 0.05 to 0.025 mm in small cavities.
The unnamed species (and their associates) described by Nickel (1985) are said to be found in the vicinity of Coppin Pool.
The Mindat co-ordinates are approximate.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Silver var. Amalgam | 1.AA.05 | (Ag,Hg) |
| ⓘ | 1.AA.05 | Ag | |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Stromeyerite | 2.BA.40 | AgCuS |
| ⓘ | Danielsite (TL) | 2.BD.15 | (Cu,Ag)14HgS8 |
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Breithauptite | 2.CC.05 | NiSb |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Perroudite | 2.FC.20c | Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | 'var. Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite' | 2.GB.05 | (Cu,Ag)6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
| ⓘ | Tenorite | 4.AB.10 | CuO |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Rosasite | 5.BA.10 | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Phosgenite | 5.BE.20 | Pb2CO3Cl2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Mottramite | 8.BH.40 | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Segnitite | 8.BL.10 | PbFe3+3AsO4(AsO3OH)(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Pyromorphite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ | Vanadinite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'UM1985-13-S:AgCu' | - | Ag6Cu3S4 |
| ⓘ | 'UM1985-19-S:AgHg' | - | Ag4HgS2 |
| ⓘ | 'UM1985-21-S:ClCuPb' | - | (Cu,Pb)2SCl2 |
| ⓘ | 'UM1985-22-S:ClCuPb' | - | (Pb,Cu)2SCl2 |
| ⓘ | 'Unnamed (Amorphous Pb-Mn Hydroxide)' | - | Pb-Mn-O-H (?) |
| ⓘ | 'Unnamed (Hydrated Copper Sulphide)' | - | Cu-S-O-H (?) |
| ⓘ | 'Unnamed (Covellite-like Mineral)' | - | Cu-Pb-Ag-S-Cl (?) |
| ⓘ | 'Unnamed (Cu-Ag Sulphide III)' | - | Cu-Ag-S |
| ⓘ | 'Unnamed (Ag-Hg Sulphide-Halide)' | - | Ag-Hg-S-Cl ? |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Fortescue BasinBasin
- Pilbara CratonCraton
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Pilbara CratonCraton
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References
Nickel, E. H. (1985) An unusual assemblage of supergene minerals near Coppin Pool, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32 (3) 311-321 doi:10.1080/08120098508729333
Nickel, Ernest H. (1987) Danielsite: A new sulfide mineral from Western Australia. American Mineralogist, 72 (3-4) 401-403
Sarp, Halil, Birch, William D., Hlava, Paul F., Pring, Allan, Sewell, David K. B., Nickel, Ernest H. (1987) Perroudite, a new sulfide-halide of Hg and Ag from Cap-Garonne, Var, France, and from Broken Hill, New South Wales, and Coppin Pool, Western Australia. American Mineralogist, 72 (11-12) 1251-1256
Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia