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Locality Name:
Great Boulder Gold Mine (Phantom Lode; Great Boulder South; Great Boulder North; Great Boulder Extended), Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 203518
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203518.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Boulder Gold Mine (Phantom Lode; Great Boulder South; Great Boulder North; Great Boulder Extended), Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°46'54"S
Longitude: 121°29'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.781666666667,121.49916666667
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: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
FeldsparGypsumMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedriteTourmalineWurtzite

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Eucairite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nagyágite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Petzite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurantimony  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Umangite  (*)
Weissite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe263826200489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22680260003092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs268026000379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2680260009052
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)26802600066
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42680260005516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2263826200361
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2680260005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226802600027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe268026000281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82680260001756
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe268026000169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2680260004165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22680260009895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4268026000910
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe26802600054
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26802600024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu26382620030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2680260002812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS268026000717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2680260006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326802600014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te263826200804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32680260005433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14268026000784
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8263826200111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426802600014899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2263826200207
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS268026000255
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226382620017380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)326382620067
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se268026000192
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3268026000511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2680260002349
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2263826200409
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3268026000733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32680260001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226802600039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82680260009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226802600061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS268026000712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22680260005614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2680260002705
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS326802600064
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26802600021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4263826200337
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te326382620029
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132680260001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132680260005317
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se226802600071
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe26382620031


3 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
EG90_845-00003267826702674±4Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Hg-0011726802600 Ar-Ar, U-Pb high   YesColoradoiteHg223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
EG90_845-00002263826202629±9Ar-Ar muscovite  YesMuscovite Au, Te11401Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaGolden Mile depositKent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 

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