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Locality Name:
Tarnagulla, Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 396
Youngest recorded age at locality: 386

mindat Locality ID: 11200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tarnagulla, Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Poverty Reef
Tarnagulla Goldfield

Latitude: 36°45'57"S
Longitude: 143°49'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.765833333333,143.83305555556

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: Al As Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperFeldsparNonePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Gold  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Natropharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3963861142908803
Gold  (*)CopperAu396386214289,1429030554
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O3963860149
Natropharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteNaFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O396386013
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS239638611429039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2396386214289,1429061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23963861142905614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1142891153



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
Deep-Dive-other-00030396386391±5 age of Tarnagulla granodiorite      204430Tarnagulla Goldfield, Tarnagulla, Loddon Shire, Victoria, AustraliaTarnagulla goldfieldBierlein et al. (1998)10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00026-7OGR13_345age of Tarnagulla granodiorite


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