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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:
Mount Deans Pegmatite Field, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2656
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2584

mindat Locality ID: 239018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Deans Pegmatite Field, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Daves Claim

Latitude: 32°18'50"S
Longitude: 121°46'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.313888888889,121.78166666667
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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Na O Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBerylClayFeldsparFluoriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartz
RutileTourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petalite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)265625841156928803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52656258401310
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182656258404286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2265625841156925171
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)265625840520
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22656258409617
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2656258404924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226562584017380
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O1026562584115692124
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22656258411569261156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2656258402705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6265625840688


1 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
Kristen002500265625842620±36Sm/Nd albite, garnet     239018Mount Deans Pegmatite Field, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMount Deans-ScotiaTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

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