Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Siberia Goldfield (Waverley), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 12153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siberia Goldfield (Waverley), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Bonnie Doon Gold Mine
Cave Hill Gold Mine
Christmas Reef Gold Area
Golden Gold Mine
Majestic Gold Mine
Mexico Gold Mine (New Mexico)
Noah's Ark Gold Mine
Palmerston Gold Mine (Invincible; Knight Commander; Camperdown; Hazel)
Pole Gold Mine (Siberia Pole; Pamela)
Prince Foote Gold Mine
Sand King Mine (Sand King-Missouri Mine)
Siberia Consols Gold Mine (Horse Shoe)
Siberia Reward Gold Mine (Waverley)
SM7 Pit
The Patch Gold Area (Gulch)
The Pearling Ground Gold Area
Theil Well Gold Mine
Three Eights Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°15'16"S
Longitude: 120°56'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.254444444444,120.94527777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Vivianite

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ernienickelite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Nimite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Vivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16988	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2680	2600	1	16988	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	1	16986	27198
Ernienickelite ()*	None	NiMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	2680	2600	1	16994	6
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2680	2600	1	16982	814
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2680	2600	1	16994	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	16	16981,16982,16983,16984,16985,16986,16987,16988,16989,16990,16991,16992,16993,16996,16997,16998	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2680	2600	1	16992	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2680	2600	1	16983	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2680	2600	1	16994	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16988	12537
Nimite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Ni,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2680	2600	1	16994	15
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2680	2600	1	16994	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	2	16986,16988	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	6	16982,16983,16987,16988,16992,16994	61156

2 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
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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