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Locality Name:
Paynes Find, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 109666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paynes Find, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mount Edon
Paynes Find Goldfield (Goodingnow)

Latitude: 29°17'3"S
Longitude: 117°41'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.284166666667,117.68833333333
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 Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ta U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cu Fe H O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAragoniteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMalachiteMicaNonePhenakitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSulphur

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Opal  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)
Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)319002,19005,190128803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31190022353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181190024286
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4119006352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2219003,1900827198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1190028173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS219003,1900824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1419003,19004,19005,19006,19007,19008,19009,19010,19011,19012,19013,19014,19015,1901630554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)219002,190064924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211900217380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O119008471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1190022994
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)119002326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2219003,1900839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2419002,19003,19006,1900861156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe119002143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)219003,190086417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31190021214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS219003,1900821482
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6119002211
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O119002890


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