Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Braemar Sapphire Deposit, Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35.3

mindat Locality ID: 106531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braemar Sapphire Deposit, Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°47'23"S
Longitude: 151°17'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.789722222222,151.29305555556

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.

Copper	Corundum	Diamond	None	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

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 Mg O Si Sn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Mg O Si Sn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Corundum Diamond None Rutile Spinel Zircon

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Gold ()*	Spinel ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	38.7	35.3	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	38.7	35.3	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	38.7	35.3	697
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38.7	35.3	30554
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	38.7	35.3	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	38.7	35.3	5251

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-00090	38.7	35.3		FT						Yes		Betpakdalite-CaCa, Koechlinite	Mo	7080	Elsmore Tin Mine (Elsmore Tin Lodes), Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia		Hollis and Sutherland (1985)		RAM36_299

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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