Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ledge Prospect, Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1790
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1790

mindat Locality ID: 122742
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122742.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ledge Prospect, Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°23'39"S
Longitude: 116°53'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.394166666667,116.89416666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scheelite

Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Duftite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Osarizawaite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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: Al As C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Quartz Scheelite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1790	1790	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1790	1790	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1790	1790	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1790	1790	2970
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1790	1790	220
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1790	1790	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1790	1790	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1790	1790	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1790	1790	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1790	1790	1107
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1790	1790	64
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1790	1790	170
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1790	1790	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1790	1790	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1790	1790	1101
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1790	1790	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000229	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000229	1790	1790	1790		Postdated age of granites folded into the Ashburton formation					Yes				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Postdated age of the Ashburton formation

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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