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Locality Name:
Cowarna Downs Station, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 106614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cowarna Downs Station, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cowarna Opal Mine
Cowarna Rocks Ni Prospect

Latitude: 30°59'6"S
Longitude: 122°25'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.985,122.42444444444
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 Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteCubaniteKaoliniteMarcasiteNickelineNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelWurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4268026001166975516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22680260011669727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS268026001166974165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S326802600116697802
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O626802600116697944
Gold  (*)CopperAu26802600030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4268026001166965591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42680260011669714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2268026001166975674
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O268026001166962994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22680260011669739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8268026001166979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22680260011669661156
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S426802600116697380


2 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
EG90_845-00003267826702674±4Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Hg-0011726802600 Ar-Ar, U-Pb high   YesColoradoiteHg223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 

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