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Locality Name:
Holleton Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2651
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2629

mindat Locality ID: 266778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holleton Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Calzoni Gold Mine (Heaton And Hollow's Find)
Camp View Gold Mine
Glenelg Queen Gold Mine (North End)
Great Beacon Gold Mine
Great Pegmatite Tin Mine (Griffin)
Leary's Lament Gold Mine
Radium Mine
Symes Find Gold Mine (Brittania)

Latitude: 31°56'25"S
Longitude: 119°1'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.940277777778,119.02222222222

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: Al Au B Bi C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Pb Si Sn Ti V W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicBerylClayCopperCorundumFeldsparGarnetNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTourmalineZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Pucherite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26512629219112,191148803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3265126291191122353
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi265126291191141966
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2265126291191125171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)265126291191124979
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18265126291191141008
Gold  (*)CopperAu26512629619108,19109,19110,19111,19112,1911530554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3265126291191125433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42651262911911214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)265126291191124924
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)2651262911911453
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226512629419108,19112,19114,1911561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)265126291191124894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)265126291191122705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5265126291191141516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4265126291191121934
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl26512629119112605
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O26512629119110652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)26512629219112,191145251



1 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
Kristen002496265126292640±11Sm/Nd albite, garnet  Yes  207543Westonia, Westonia Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaWestonia-HolletonTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 


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