Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 122905
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122905.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Columbia Gold Mine
Freddie Well Prospect
Magenta Gold Mine
Penny West Gold Mine
Pincher Well (Pincher Hill) Prospect
Red White And Blue Gold Mine

Latitude: 28°58'"S
Longitude: 118°46'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.966666666667,118.77666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Actinolite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bushmakinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Violarite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Ni O S Sb Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brackebuschite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corrensite Descloizite Diaspore Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

36 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4000	2500	0		3419
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	4000	2500	1	18603	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4000	2500	1	18603	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	1	18603	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4000	2500	0		708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4000	2500	0		9052
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4000	2500	1	18603	132
Bushmakinite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Al(PO₄)(VO₄)(OH)	4000	2500	1	18603	3
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4000	2500	1	18603	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4000	2500	1	18603	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4000	2500	1	18603	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	2	18601,18603	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4000	2500	0		3902
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	4000	2500	1	18601	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	1	18603	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	4000	2500	1	18604	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4000	2500	1	18603	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	3	18600,18603,18605	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4000	2500	1	18604	223
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	4000	2500	0		49
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4000	2500	2	18601,18604	14899
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	4000	2500	1	18603	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	1	18601	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4000	2500	1	18603	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	4000	2500	0		1512
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4000	2500	1	18603	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	4	18600,18601,18603,18604	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	4000	2500	1	18603	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	2	18601,18604	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	3	18600,18601,18603	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4000	2500	1	18601	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4000	2500	0		4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	3	18601,18603,18604	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4000	2500	0		3418
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	4000	2500	0		380
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4000	2500	1	18603	1655

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
	vms-00050	4000	2500	Archean											109691	Freddie Well Prospect, Youangarra Goldfield (Curran's Find), Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Freddie Wells	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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