Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Unnamed Location, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2450

mindat Locality ID: 272103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Location, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clay	Mica	None	Quartz

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 H K O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Mica None Quartz

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2600	2450	0		17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2450	0		61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000220	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000221	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

2 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_00000220	2600	2480	2600-2480							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	Shale and chert layer overlying the Wittenoom carbonate formation, part of the Hamersley group
	Giersdorf_00000221	2480	2450	2480-2450							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	BIF overlying the Mt. Sylvia and Mt. McRae Shale layers, part of the Hamersley group

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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