Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Margaret Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 12147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Margaret Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alicia Gold Mine
Cameron Well Gold Prospect
Hawkes Nest Gold Mine (Hawks Nest; The Pearling Ground)
Jupiter Gold Mine (Doublejay; Joanne; Jenny)
Korong Gold Area (Mount McKenzie; McKenzie's Blow)
Mount Morgans Gold Mine
Mount Morven Mine (Mount Margaret)
Red Flag Gold Area

Latitude: 28°43'39"S
Longitude: 122°7'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.7275,122.12416666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Titanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	1	17164	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	17164	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	17164	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	17164	3092
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	17164	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	17164,17179	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	17164	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	17164	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	17164	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	17164	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	17164	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	17161,17162,17163,17164,17165,17166,17167,17168,17169,17170,17171,17172,17173,17174,17175,17176,17177,17178,17179,17180,17181	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	17164	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17164	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	17164	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17164	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	17164	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	17164,17176	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	17164,17179	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	17161,17164,17170,17178	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	17164	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	17179	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	17164	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	17164	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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