Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Slate Bore (South Hardey River), Wyloo Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1790
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1790

mindat Locality ID: 121093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slate Bore (South Hardey River), Wyloo Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°58'"S
Longitude: 116°36'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.966666666667,116.60277777778

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Hinsdalite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Cubanite Digenite Malachite Marcasite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1790	1790	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1790	1790	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1790	1790	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1790	1790	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1790	1790	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1790	1790	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1790	1790	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1790	1790	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1790	1790	24243
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1790	1790	82
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1790	1790	12537
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1790	1790	42
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1790	1790	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1790	1790	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1790	1790	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1790	1790	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1790	1790	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1790	1790	3418

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000229	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

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
	Giersdorf_00000229	1790	1790	1790		Postdated age of granites folded into the Ashburton formation					Yes				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Postdated age of the Ashburton formation

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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