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Locality Name:
Big Bell Gold Mine (Paton's Find; Murchison Bell), Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 246053
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246053.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Bell Gold Mine (Paton's Find; Murchison Bell), Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°20'8"S
Longitude: 117°39'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.335555555556,117.66055555556

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: Al As Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteBerylChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopper
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite
UllmanniteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S40343
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS0293
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025



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