Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Penny West Gold Mine, Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 267325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penny West Gold Mine, Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°51'6"S
Longitude: 118°48'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.851666666667,118.81305555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Descloizite	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bushmakinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Mottramite ()*	Opal ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brackebuschite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper
Descloizite Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	4000	2500	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4000	2500	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	3092
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4000	2500	132
Bushmakinite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Al(PO₄)(VO₄)(OH)	4000	2500	3
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4000	2500	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4000	2500	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4000	2500	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4000	2500	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	30554
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	4000	2500	362
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4000	2500	2994
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4000	2500	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	4000	2500	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4000	2500	1655

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
	vms-00050	4000	2500	Archean							Yes				109691	Freddie Well Prospect, Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Freddie Wells	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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