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Locality Name:
Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 107718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Agamemnon Gold Mine
Banker Gold Mine (Golden Butterfly)
Bohemia Gold Mine (Bohemian)
Bronco Gold Mine (Bronco Horseshoe; Bronco Links; Bravo; Prince George)
Bronco South Gold Mine
Brumby Gold Mine (Delta)
Cadonia Gold Mine
Comet Gold Mine
Edward's Find Gold Mine
Flying Pig Gold Mine
Frances Firness Gold Mine
Glendower Gold Mine
Grand National Gold Mine
Great Victoria Gold Mine
Harris' Find Gold Mine
Hercules Gold Mine
Jacoletti Gold Mine
Kurrajong Gold Mine
Lenneberg Gold Mine (Lenneburg)
Marvel Loch Gold Mine
Mary Lena Gold Mine
May Queen Gold Mine
Mountain King Gold Mine (Donovan's Find; Howlett's Battery)
Nevoria Gold Mine
Salvation Gold Mine
Southern Star Gold Mine
Tenacious Pig Gold Mine (Phoenix)
Treasury Gold Mine
Triad Gold Mine
Vintage Crop Gold Mine
Xantippe Gold Mine
Yilgarn Star Gold Mine

Latitude: 31°29'20"S
Longitude: 119°31'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.488888888889,119.52861111111

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite	Tourmaline

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Tetradymite Titanite Tourmaline

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldmanite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenalite ()*	Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Tsumoite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2644	2608	1	19138	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2608	3	19120,19138,19142	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2644	2608	3	19126,19127,19150	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2644	2608	2	19126,19142	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2644	2608	1	19135	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2644	2608	2	19132,19138	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2644	2608	7	19127,19129,19135,19138,19141,19142,19150	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2644	2608	1	19142	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2644	2608	1	19119	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2644	2608	6	19120,19121,19122,19127,19138,19142	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2644	2608	4	19135,19138,19140,19142	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2644	2608	1	19138	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2644	2608	5	19120,19122,19127,19138,19142	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2644	2608	1	19142	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2608	1	19142	129
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2608	1	19142	271
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2644	2608	5	19120,19121,19138,19140,19142	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2644	2608	1	19132	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2644	2608	22	19119,19120,19121,19122,19125,19126,19127,19129,19131,19132,19133,19134,19135,19136,19138,19140,19141,19142,19143,19146,19149,19150	30554
Goldmanite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2644	2608	1	19142	31
Graphite ()*	None	C	2644	2608	1	19135	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2644	2608	1	19142	61
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2644	2608	1	19142	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2608	1	19142	223
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2644	2608	1	19142	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2644	2608	1	19132	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2644	2608	1	19149	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2644	2608	3	19132,19138,19142	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	2644	2608	1	19142	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2644	2608	1	19132	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2644	2608	3	19126,19127,19142	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2644	2608	4	19135,19138,19142,19150	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2644	2608	1	19142	767
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2644	2608	1	19138	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2644	2608	6	19127,19132,19135,19138,19140,19142	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2644	2608	7	19127,19129,19132,19135,19138,19142,19150	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2644	2608	14	19119,19120,19121,19122,19126,19127,19129,19132,19135,19138,19141,19142,19149,19150	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2644	2608	1	19138	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2644	2608	3	19135,19138,19142	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2644	2608	1	19127	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2644	2608	2	19138,19140	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2644	2608	1	19138	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2644	2608	1	19135	978
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2644	2608	1	19142	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2644	2608	3	19127,19138,19142	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	2644	2608	1	19142	100
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2644	2608	1	19120	605

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			Yes	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			Yes				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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