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Locality Name:
Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 374
Youngest recorded age at locality: 366

mindat Locality ID: 10725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°39'56"S
Longitude: 143°29'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.665555555556,143.495
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicBismutiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCovelliteDiaspore
KaoliniteLepidocrociteMatlockiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteStibniteSulphurTourmaline

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pittongite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Russellite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O3743660150
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl374366071
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi37436601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S337436601935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)3743660716
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3743660925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2374366027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu37436603846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS37436604165
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3743660648
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)3743660551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS374366024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)37436607437
Gold  (*)CopperAu374366030554
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)374366057
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)437436605591
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6374366039
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3743660581
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS237436605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2374366017380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63743660254
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3743660428
Pittongite  (*)None(Na,H2O)0.7(W,Fe3+)(O,OH)337436601
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63743660170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2374366039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2374366061156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6374366040
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)37436604894
Silver  (*)CopperAg37436605186
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS37436602045


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
Mo-00120374366       Koechlinite, MolybdeniteMo10725Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia Arne et al. (1998)10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00021-8OGR13_251 

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