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Locality Name:
Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 11401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Associated Gold Mine
Bank Of England Gold Mine (Kalgoorlie Bank Of England)
Block 45 Gold Mine
Boulder Consols No. 1 Gold Mine
Boulder Main Reef Gold Mine (Great Boulder Main Reef; Boulder South Extended)
Boulder North Extended Gold Mine
Brookman Brothers Boulder Gold Mine
Central Boulder Gold Mine (Revell Cross; Blue Gap; Central And West Boulder)
Chaffers Gold Mine
Croesus Gold Mine (Hannans Croesus; Croesus Proprietary)
Croesus South United Gold Mine (Croesus South)
Drysdale Gold Prospect
Federal Gold Mine
Fimiston Open Pit Mine (Super Pit Gold Mine)
Genevieve Gold Mine
Golden Gate Gold Mine
Golden Horseshoe Gold Mine
Golden Link Gold Mine (Eclipse)
Golden Pike Gold Mine (Hannans Golden Pike)
Golden Treasure Gold Mine (Hannans Golden Treasure)
Great Boulder Gold Mine (Phantom Lode; Great Boulder South; Great Boulder North; Great Boulder Extended)
Hainault Gold Mine
Hannans Central Extended Gold Mine
Hannans Proprietary
Hannans Star Gold Mine
Hidden Secret Gold Mine (Hidden Treasure)
Idaho Gold Mine (Idaho Pit; Idaho Extended; Aberdare; Star Of Aberdare; South Star; Morning Star; Morning Star Extended; Ilannans Golden Morning Star)
Ivanhoe Gold Mine
Ivanhoe Venture Gold Mine
Kalgoorlie Mint And Iron King Gold Mine (Mint And Iron King; Royal Mint And Iron King; Coolgardie Mint And Iron King)
Lake View Consols Gold Mine (Lake View And Star)
Lake View Townsite
Mount Ferrum Gold Mine (Hannans Mount Ferrum; A.W.A.)
North Boulder Gold Mine
North Kalgoorlie Mine
North Kalgurli Gold Mine
Oroya Brownhill Gold Mine (Brownhill Lease; Oroya Block North; Oroya Block South)
Paringa Gold Mine (Paringa Extended; Croesus South)
Perseverance Gold Mine (Boulder Perseverance Mine)
Shotover Gold Mine
Trafalgar Gold Mine
True Blue Gold Mine (True Blue Hannans)
Union Jack Gold Mine (Kalgoorlie United)

Latitude: 30°46'45"S
Longitude: 121°30'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.779166666667,121.50194444444

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	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote
Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline
Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tivanite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite
Zircon

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 Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cr Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Enargite Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Melonite Mica Nickeline
Nolanite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tivanite Tourmaline Wurtzite
Zircon

106 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenic ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Emmonsite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Eucairite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kalgoorlieite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kostovite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mattagamite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Melonite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Montanite ()*	Montbrayite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Nolanite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rickardite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*
Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tivanite ()*	Tomichite ()*	Umangite ()*	Weissite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2680	2600	2	16751,16765	3419
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	2680	2600	3	16739,16760,16762	87
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	9	16744,16751,16760,16762,16765,16767,16770,16772,16773	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2638	2620	7	16739,16755,16760,16762,16765,16770,16773	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2680	2600	1	16765	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2680	2600	2	16744,16773	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	13	16735,16737,16744,16751,16755,16760,16762,16765,16766,16767,16770,16771,16773	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2638	2620	0		1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2638	2620	0		708
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	2680	2600	2	16743,16755	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2600	7	16751,16755,16761,16762,16770,16772,16773	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2638	2620	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16765	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2680	2600	1	16765	11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	2680	2600	1	16755	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2680	2600	3	16755,16760,16770	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2680	2600	1	16762	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2638	2620	15	16735,16737,16739,16744,16751,16755,16759,16760,16762,16765,16769,16770,16771,16773,16776	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	13	16735,16737,16739,16741,16743,16751,16760,16762,16764,16765,16770,16771,16773	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2680	2600	1	16773	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2680	2600	2	16755,16773	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	9	16735,16744,16755,16760,16762,16765,16771,16772,16773	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2680	2600	2	16765,16773	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2680	2600	2	16760,16770	1382
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2680	2600	3	16744,16759,16766	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2638	2620	0		3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2680	2600	1	16736	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2680	2600	1	16755	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2680	2600	1	16755	1756
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	2680	2600	12	16735,16736,16739,16751,16755,16760,16762,16765,16769,16770,16771,16773	169
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	2638	2620	0		382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	2638	2620	0		136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2680	2600	3	16755,16762,16773	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2680	2600	1	16770	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	15	16735,16737,16739,16743,16750,16751,16755,16756,16760,16762,16765,16767,16770,16771,16773	9895
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O	2638	2620	2	16765,16770	34
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2680	2600	4	16735,16755,16762,16773	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2680	2600	3	16751,16760,16762	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2638	2620	0		484
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	2680	2600	1	16755	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2680	2600	1	16746	2740
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	2638	2620	2	16769,16770	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2600	3	16755,16760,16770	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2680	2600	1	16767	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2638	2620	40	16735,16736,16737,16738,16739,16740,16741,16742,16743,16744,16745,16746,16747,16748,16749,16750,16751,16752,16753,16754,16755,16756,16757,16759,16760,16761,16762,16763,16764,16765,16767,16768,16769,16770,16771,16772,16773,16775,16776,16777	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2680	2600	1	16755	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2680	2600	1	16755	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2680	2600	5	16735,16743,16755,16772,16773	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2680	2600	3	16754,16755,16771	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2638	2620	6	16735,16751,16755,16760,16770,16773	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2600	2	16755,16770	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2680	2600	3	16739,16755,16762	784
Kalgoorlieite ()*	None	As₂Te₃	2638	2620	0		2
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2680	2600	4	16735,16751,16754,16765	5591
Kostovite ()*	None	AuCuTe₄	2638	2620	1	16770	21
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	2638	2620	8	16735,16739,16751,16755,16760,16765,16770,16773	111
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2638	2620	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2680	2600	9	16743,16751,16755,16762,16765,16770,16771,16772,16773	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16765	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2680	2600	1	16767	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2680	2600	2	16735,16743	5674
Mattagamite ()*	Marcasite	CoTe₂	2638	2620	0		7
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2638	2620	0		915
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2638	2620	5	16735,16755,16760,16765,16770	207
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2638	2620	0		397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2680	2600	1	16755	255
Montanite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·nH₂O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)	2638	2620	1	16770	22
Montbrayite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)₂₃(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)₃₈	2638	2620	0		19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2638	2620	13	16741,16744,16751,16755,16759,16760,16762,16765,16766,16767,16770,16771,16773	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	2638	2620	5	16739,16755,16762,16770,16771	67
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2680	2600	3	16755,16770,16773	192
Nolanite ()*	Nolanite	V³⁺₈Fe³⁺₂O₁₄(OH)₂	2680	2600	2	16735,16765	19
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2680	2600	1	16755	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	3	16741,16755,16765	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2638	2620	13	16735,16739,16744,16751,16755,16759,16760,16762,16765,16769,16770,16771,16773	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16760	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2680	2600	3	16735,16755,16765	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2680	2600	3	16735,16755,16765	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	18	16735,16737,16739,16743,16748,16751,16755,16760,16761,16762,16765,16767,16769,16770,16771,16772,16773,16777	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2680	2600	3	16755,16760,16762	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	21	16735,16737,16739,16740,16743,16744,16746,16751,16752,16754,16755,16760,16762,16765,16767,16768,16769,16770,16771,16772,16773	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2680	2600	3	16743,16751,16755	712
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	2638	2620	1	16770	52
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	3	16739,16751,16760	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2680	2600	8	16751,16755,16760,16762,16765,16766,16771,16773	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2680	2600	2	16746,16771	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2680	2600	8	16735,16744,16755,16765,16767,16770,16771,16773	2705
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	2680	2600	1	16755	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2680	2600	6	16735,16751,16760,16762,16765,16773	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2680	2600	1	16770	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2680	2600	8	16736,16755,16760,16762,16770,16771,16772,16773	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2638	2620	0		3418
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	2638	2620	1	16760	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	2638	2620	8	16735,16739,16751,16755,16760,16765,16770,16773	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2638	2620	0		3337
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃	2638	2620	2	16751,16755	29
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2638	2620	0		190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2680	2600	11	16735,16739,16744,16751,16755,16760,16762,16765,16770,16771,16773	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2638	2620	1	16760	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2680	2600	12	16735,16739,16744,16751,16755,16760,16762,16765,16769,16770,16771,16773	5317
Tivanite ()*	Tivanite	TiV³⁺O₃(OH)	2680	2600	1	16765	3
Tomichite ()*	None	V³⁺₄Ti⁴⁺₃As³⁺O₁₃(OH)	2680	2600	2	16765,16773	3
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	2680	2600	1	16755	71
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	2638	2620	2	16755,16770	31
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2678	2670	1	16735	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2638	2620	0		1025

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	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
EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb		zircon	Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb	high		Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
EG90_845-00002	2638	2620	2629±9	Ar-Ar		muscovite		Muscovite		Au, Te	11401	Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Golden Mile deposit	Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060846	Perseverance Gold Mine (Boulder Perseverance Mine), Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060846

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