Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Mulcahy, Glen Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3200

mindat Locality ID: 109688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109688.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Mulcahy, Glen Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°2'46"S
Longitude: 117°42'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.046111111111,117.71194444444

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3200	3200	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3200	3200	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3200	3200	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3200	3200	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3200	3200	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3200	3200	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3200	3200	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3200	3200	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3200	3200	21482

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
	vms-00053	3200	3200	Archean										S	109688	Mount Mulcahy, Glen Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Mulcahy	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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