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Locality Name:
Abra Deposit, Mulgul Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1640
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1640

mindat Locality ID: 121008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abra Deposit, Mulgul Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°38'44"S
Longitude: 118°34'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.645555555556,118.58305555556

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.

Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1640	1640	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1640	1640	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1640	1640	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1640	1640	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1640	1640	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1640	1640	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1640	1640	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1640	1640	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1640	1640	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1640	1640	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1640	1640	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1640	1640	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1640	1640	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1640	1640	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1640	1640	5317

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
	sedznpb-00009	1640	1640	1640											121008	Abra Deposit, Mulgul Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Abra	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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