Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Gimlet South Extended Gold Mine (Victorious), Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 270368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gimlet South Extended Gold Mine (Victorious), Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°23'"S
Longitude: 121°3'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.383333333333,121.06138888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Melonite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Talc	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Talc ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Te Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Te Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Melonite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Talc Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2697	2600	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2697	2600	9052
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2697	2600	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2697	2600	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2697	2600	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2697	2600	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2697	2600	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2697	2600	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2697	2600	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2697	2600	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2697	2600	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2697	2600	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2697	2600	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2697	2600	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2697	2600	2705
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2697	2600	3337

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			Yes				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	Yes	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

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...