Mineral Evolution Database
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Ages for Cassiterite at Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 3044Ma - 1895Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
EG97_873-00016	3044	2804	Cassiterite			245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00007	1905	1895				206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873

Direct age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
EG97_873-00012	2907	2865	Cassiterite			12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00013	3033	2915	Cassiterite			12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00015	2862	2810	Cassiterite			245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00016	3044	2804	Cassiterite			245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
Kristen002483	2907	2865	Cassiterite			12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tkachev (2011)	GSLSP350_7
Kristen002485	2897	2857	Cassiterite			12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tkachev (2011)	GSLSP350_7
Kristen002487	2862	2810	Cassiterite			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tkachev (2011)	GSLSP350_7
Kristen002488	2855	2823	Cassiterite			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tkachev (2011)	GSLSP350_7

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Be-00068	2835	2835		Bertrandite	Be	247056	Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Jacobson et al. (2007)	BOOK_GPWA
Bradley_2012_150	2840	2818				12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
EG97_873-00001	2890	2890	Muscovite			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00002	2420	2420	Muscovite			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00003	2800	2800	Microcline			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00004	2220	2220	Microcline			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00005	2840	2818				12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00006	2918	2688				12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00007	1905	1895				206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00008	2370	2350				206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00009	2815	2765				206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00010	2615	2565				206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00011	2884	2874				12155	Green's Well Pegmatite (Green's Tank), Pilgangoora (Pilgangoora Mining Centre; Lynas Find; McPhees Patch; Mount York), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
EG97_873-00017	2869	2797				245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
Grew_Li_2019_0030	2890	2890		Ferrisicklerite		12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002); Dittrich et al. (2016a)
Grew_Li_2019_0096	2835	2835		Sicklerite		245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873
Kristen002484	2884	2874				12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tkachev (2011)	GSLSP350_7
Kristen002486	2840	2818				12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tkachev (2011)	GSLSP350_7

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Taylor et. al (2001)	EG96_837
Giersdorf_00000216	2750	2750				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Taylor et. al (2001)	EG96_837

Locality age (deprioritized)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
EG97_873-00014	3688	2008				12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	EG97_873