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Locality Name:
Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 424
Youngest recorded age at locality: 416

mindat Locality ID: 15402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Blue Jacket Tin Mine (Blue Jacket Reef)
Invincible Reef
Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket)
Maude And Yellow Girl Mine
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 36°51'"S
Longitude: 147°31'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.85,147.51833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Li Mg Mn O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAluniteAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteArrojaditeArsenicArsenopyriteArthuriteAutunite
BerylBournoniteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayColumbiteCopperFeldspar
FluoriteJahnsiteLazuliteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosideritePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineTripliteWagneriteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Annite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Bertossaite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Keckite  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Lacroixite  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Lithiophorite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Purpurite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Strengite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Uraninite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)
Wolfeite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)424416314093,14095,140978803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3424416314093,14095,1409794
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F424416114095244
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O4244161140961627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO54244161140961310
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2424416114097356
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2424416214093,1409550
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS424416314093,14096,140979052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64244161140962060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O424416214095,140971272
Bertossaite  (*)CarminiteLi2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4424416314093,14095,140976
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4244161140961966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11424416114096843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS34244161140961089
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4424416314093,14095,1409759
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2424416314093,14095,140975171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS242441611409627198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6424416214093,14095518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)84244160181
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1842441601008
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)424416214093,14095520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F424416214093,140952740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS42441611409624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu42441611409630554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6424416114097173
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)424416314093,14095,14097204
Keckite  (*)JahnsiteCaMn(Fe3+,Mn)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O42441611409710
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)342441611409534
Lacroixite  (*)TitaniteNaAl(PO4)F42441611409722
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2424416114095232
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)24244160210
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4244161140954924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)424416414093,14095,14096,14097945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)424416314093,14095,14097200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2424416314093,14095,1409717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4244161140952349
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O424416214093,1409531
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O424416214093,14095182
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F242441611409389
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)42441611409580
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34244161140961425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS242441611409639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2424416314093,14095,1409661156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5424416314093,14095,14097206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2424416314095,14096,140975614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)424416414093,14095,14096,140972705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4244161140971153
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2424416314093,14095,1409760
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4244161140966417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4244161140965186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS42441611409621482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O64244160688
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O424416214093,14095263
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6424416114093211
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134244161140965317
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)4244160313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F424416214093,14095233
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4424416114096120
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2424416214096,140972718
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O424416314093,14095,1409736
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)424416214093,1409543
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)424416214096,14097939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)424416414093,14095,14096,140975251
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F42441611409547


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PRSV127_55-001424416420 ± 4Th/U/PbAge of pegmatitemonazite     269853Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaKnocker pegmatiteEagle et al. (2015)10.1071/RS15018PRSV127_55age of Knocker pegmatite, aslo stated that the age is proxy for Mount Willis which is undated
Scott-PRSV127_55-0001424416420±4Th-U-Pbage of intrusionmonazite   Alluaudite, Amblygonite, Fluorapatite, Heterosite, Lazulite, Montebrasite, Purpurite, Triplite, Wolfeite, Zwieselite, ScorzaliteCa, Mn, P, O, F, Fe, Al, K, Na, H, Li269853Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaKnocker PegmatiteEagle et al. (2015)10.1071/RS15018PRSV127_55P. 66

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