Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2644
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2608

mindat Locality ID: 240005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°7'24"S
Longitude: 119°13'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.123333333333,119.22361111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2644	2608	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2644	2608	27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2644	2608	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2644	2608	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2644	2608	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2644	2608	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2644	2608	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2644	2608	61156

2 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
	Kristen002498	2626	2614	2620±6				zircon				Zircon			240005	Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Corinthia-Nevoria (Mount Hope)	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
	Kristen002499	2644	2608	2626±18	Sm/Nd			albite, garnet							240005	Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Corinthia-Nevoria (Mount Hope)	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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