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Locality Name:
Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 108675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Cashmans Mine (Cashburn; Hard To Find)
Curley's Gold P.A.
Deep South Gold Mine (Yarlarweelor; D39; D43; South; South-Central)
Doolgunna Station
Durack Gold P.A.
Fortnum Gold Mine
Goodin Find Gold P.A.
Heines Find Gold Mine
Hit Or Miss Gold Mine (Wilgeena; Wilson's Find)
Horseshoe Lights Mine
Horseshoe Range Manganese Ore Deposits
Judges Gold Patch
Labouchere Gold Mine
Mikhaburra Gold Mine (Holden's Find)
Mount Pleasant Gold Mine
Narracoota Gold Area P.A.
Nathan Gold Mine
Peak Hill
Quartz Well Gold Area P.A.
Ricks Gold Mine
Ruby Well Group
St Crispin Gold P.A.
Starlight Gold Mine (Trev's)
Tom's Gold Mine (Sam's)
Wembley Gold P.A.
Wilthorpe Gold P.A.

Latitude: 25°38'18"S
Longitude: 118°37'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.638333333333,118.6275

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 Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite
TitaniteTourmalineWurtziteZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mcguinnessite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)317624,17628,176298803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe117628489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21176143092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1176133250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1176139052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21176135509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)217623,1762911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1176281966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4217613,176235516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61176131633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)217620,1762827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18001800317613,17619,176235707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218001800517613,17619,17623,17628,1762927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O217609,176133531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O11761370
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)117613363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1176133846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS18001800217619,176234165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1176132970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S180018001176191027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2417613,17623,17628,176299895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1176248173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18001800317613,17619,1762324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)18001800317615,17619,176297437
Gold  (*)CopperAu180018003017609,17610,17611,17613,17614,17615,17616,17617,17618,17619,17621,17622,17623,17624,17625,17628,17629,17630,17631,17633,17635,17636,17637,17639,17641,17643,17644,17647,17650,1765130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC317624,17628,176312812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2117624223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318001800317615,17619,1762914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1176131689
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI18001800117619180
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)418001800417619,17620,17628,176295591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418001800617613,17614,17615,17618,17619,1762414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218001800417609,17613,17619,1762312537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)117620770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21176135674
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)211761334
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1176244924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2217613,176285800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)117613362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2180018001017613,17615,17618,17619,17620,17623,17624,17628,17629,1764717380
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)611761364
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81176291512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2180018001417611,17613,17614,17615,17619,17622,17623,17624,17628,17629,17630,17631,17633,1765139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2217620,176323106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8417613,17615,17629,176319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2180018002117609,17613,17614,17615,17618,17619,17620,17621,17623,17624,17625,17628,17629,17630,17631,17633,17635,17636,17647,17650,1765161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1176294894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)217628,176302705
Silver  (*)CopperAg1176295186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11761321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21176133337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1176131101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131176285317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1176244899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)217613,176245251



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
vms-0001118001800Lower Proterozoic       S11886Horseshoe Lights Mine, Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaHorseshoeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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