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Cassiterite from
Tabba Tabba pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:2974 ± 59 Ma
Minimum recorded age:2877 ± 20 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
12886 ± 21 MaMesoarchean -
22877 ± 20 MaMesoarchean -
32886 ± 21 MaMesoarchean - Pb-Pb
42974 ± 59 MaMesoarchean - Pb-Pb
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Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tabba Tabba pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:827401
Long-form Identifier:1:3:827401:4
GUID (UUID V4):28c523ca-28f0-4d1b-92f7-f486fd34fe0a
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
17.4km (10.8 miles) Strelley pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
42.2km (26.2 miles) Green's Well pegmatite (Green's Tank), Pilgangoora, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
44.6km (27.7 miles) Pilgangoora alluvials 3, Pilgangoora, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
45.0km (28.0 miles) Pilgangoora pegmatites, Pilgangoora, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
47.6km (29.6 miles) Mount York, Green's Well pegmatite (Green's Tank), Pilgangoora, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
47.8km (29.7 miles) Coffin Bore North-East (MC132), Green's Well pegmatite (Green's Tank), Pilgangoora, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
62.0km (38.5 miles) Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
63.0km (39.2 miles) Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
63.6km (39.5 miles) Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
71.9km (44.7 miles) Stannum West prospect, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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