Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Freddie Well Prospect, Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 109691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Freddie Well Prospect, Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°44'52"S
Longitude: 118°40'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.747777777778,118.67583333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Cu Fe H K O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	4000	2500	445
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4000	2500	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4000	2500	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482

1 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
	vms-00050	4000	2500	Archean											109691	Freddie Well Prospect, Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Freddie Wells	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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