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Locality Name:
Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2697
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 203489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Black Rabbit Gold Mine (Richmond; Spargo And Riches)
Boundary Gold Mine
Cawse Ni Mine
Denver City Gold Mine (Cashman's Brilliant Reward)
Enterprise Gold Mine
Fleagle Gold Mine
Gimlet Consols Gold Mine
Gimlet Duke Gold Mine
Gimlet Mopoke Gold Mine (Mopoke)
Gimlet South Extended Gold Mine (Victorious)
Gimlet South Gold Mine
Golden Gimlet Gold Mine
Golden Mount Gold Mine
Lady Evelyn Gold Mine
Missed Chance Gold Mine (Miss Chance)
Mount Carnage Gold Mine (Carnage)
Ora Banda PGE
Orinda Gold Mine (Orinda King; Duchess Of Kongwak)
Paddy's Knob Alluvial Area
Santa Claus Alluvial Area
Sleeping Beauty Gold Mine
Slippery Gimlet Gold Mine
Stewart's Gold Mine
Whitehaven Gold Mine (Mystery)
Wotan Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°22'28"S
Longitude: 121°3'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.374444444444,121.06333333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Osmium ()*	Palladium ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodium ()*	Ruthenium ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Sr Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Mo O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline

37 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2697	2600	1	16976	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2697	2600	4	16964,16965,16975,16979	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2697	2600	2	16965,16976	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2697	2600	4	16964,16965,16975,16976	9052
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	2697	2600	1	16967	214
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2697	2600	2	16964,16976	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2697	2600	3	16964,16975,16976	27770
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	2697	2600	1	16957	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2697	2600	1	16971	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2697	2600	1	16957	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2697	2600	2	16964,16976	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2697	2600	1	16964	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2697	2600	2	16957,16971	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2697	2600	23	16955,16956,16958,16959,16960,16961,16962,16963,16964,16965,16966,16967,16968,16969,16970,16972,16973,16974,16975,16976,16977,16978,16979	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2697	2600	2	16971,16972	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2697	2600	2	16964,16976	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	2697	2600	1	16971	162
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2697	2600	1	16964	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2697	2600	1	16971	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2692	2674	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2697	2600	4	16964,16965,16976,16979	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2697	2600	1	16957	471
Osmium ()*	None	Os	2697	2600	1	16971	169
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	2697	2600	1	16971	59
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2697	2600	1	16971	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2697	2600	6	16964,16965,16967,16970,16975,16976	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2697	2600	3	16964,16975,16976	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2697	2600	13	16955,16958,16962,16964,16965,16967,16969,16971,16972,16975,16976,16978,16979	61156
Rhodium ()*	Copper	Rh	2697	2600	1	16971	17
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	2697	2600	1	16971	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2697	2600	1	16965	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2697	2600	1	16964	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2697	2600	3	16964,16965,16976	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2697	2600	1	16976	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2697	2600	3	16957,16964,16976	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2697	2674	0		4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	2697	2600	1	16957	433

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	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
EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb		zircon	Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb	high		Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
G35_703-004	2697	2679	2688 ± 9	Re-Os							203489	Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Ora Banda-Enterprise, Yilgarn, Australia	Hannah et al. (2007)	10.1130/G23538A.1	G35_703
Mo-00406	2692	2674	2683±9	Re-Os		molybdenite		Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	203489	Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Ora Banda-Enterprise	Hannah et al. (2007)	10.1130/G23538A.1	G35_703

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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