Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2764
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2746

mindat Locality ID: 146985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Casino Gold Mine (Fortuna; Armstrong)
Dawn Of Hope Gold Mine (Federal Mint)
Desdemona Gold Mine
Diorite King Gold Mine
Forrest Gold Mine (Leonora Main Reefs; Forrest Deeps)
Galahad Gold Mine (Trevor's Bore)
Gwalia Mine (Sons Of Gwalia Gold Mine)
Harbour Lights Gold Mine (Leonora Central)
Harlech Gold Mine (Snell)
Jasper Flat Gold Mine (Auckland)
Jasper Hill Gold Mine
Kailis Gold Mine
King Of The Hills Gold Mine (Tarmoola; KoTH)
Leonora Gold Blocks Gold Mine (Gold Blocks)
Little Wonder Gold Mine
McGrath's Gold Mine
Poker Gold Prospect
Pride Of Leonora Gold Mine (Ironstone)
Puzzle Gold Mine
Rabbit Warren Gold Mine
Rainbow Gold Mine
Savannah Gold Mine
Tower Hill Gold Mine
Trump Gold Mine (Gwalia Central)
Victor Gold Mine (Victor Well)

Latitude: 28°48'41"S
Longitude: 121°16'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.811388888889,121.27194444444

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

33 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	2764	2746	2	17312,17313	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2764	2746	2	17312,17318	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2764	2746	2	17310,17328	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2764	2746	3	17312,17313,17318	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2764	2746	3	17312,17313,17328	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2764	2746	1	17319	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2764	2746	1	17328	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2764	2746	3	17312,17313,17318	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2764	2746	4	17309,17312,17318,17328	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2764	2746	3	17312,17313,17328	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2764	2746	2	17318,17328	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2764	2746	3	17309,17312,17318	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2764	2746	22	17306,17307,17308,17309,17310,17311,17312,17313,17315,17316,17317,17318,17319,17320,17322,17323,17324,17325,17327,17328,17329,17330	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2764	2746	1	17315	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2764	2746	1	17315	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2764	2746	2	17313,17329	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2764	2746	1	17313	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2764	2746	1	17315	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2764	2746	1	17319	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2764	2746	1	17329	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2764	2746	1	17328	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2764	2746	6	17312,17313,17317,17318,17328,17329	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2764	2746	5	17309,17312,17313,17318,17328	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2764	2746	1	17329	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2764	2746	1	17312	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2764	2746	11	17309,17312,17313,17315,17317,17318,17319,17324,17328,17329,17330	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2764	2746	2	17312,17328	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2764	2746	1	17318	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2764	2746	1	17312	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2764	2746	2	17312,17318	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2764	2746	4	17313,17315,17318,17328	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2764	2746	1	17328	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2764	2746	1	17328	1025

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
	Mo-00359	2764	2746	2755±9	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	268308	Harbour Lights Gold Mine (Leonora Central), Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Harbour Lights (Leonora)	Hannah et al. (2007)	10.1130/G23538A.1	G35_703

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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