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Locality Name:
Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2918
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1895

mindat Locality ID: 123091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Abydos 1
Abydos 2
Abydos Mine
Iron Bridge Mine (North Star; Glacier Valley)
Mercury Hill Prospect
Mount Webber Mine
Pincunah Prospect
Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field
White Springs
Wodgina

Latitude: 21°25'36"S
Longitude: 118°55'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.426666666667,118.92083333333

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite
Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite
Vivianite

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Autunite Baryte Beryl Bismutite
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Hureaulite Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite
Vivianite

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bobierrite ()*	Calciotantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinobisvanite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Coronadite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Helvine ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Hydroxycalciomicrolite ()*
Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pucherite ()*	Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Robertsite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sabugalite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sicklerite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Strengite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2918	1895	7	18299,18303,18305,18307,18308,18310,18311	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2918	2220	3	18289,18310,18311	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2918	2220	1	18310	1036
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2918	2220	1	18310	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	18288	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2918	2220	4	18303,18304,18305,18310	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2918	2220	1	18310	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2918	2220	1	18310	716
Bobierrite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2918	2220	1	18310	17
Calciotantite ()*	None	CaTa₄O₁₁			1	18307	6
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2918	2220	1	18310	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2862	1895	7	18299,18300,18301,18307,18308,18310,18311	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	18289,18311	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	18311	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	18288	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2918	2220	3	18308,18310,18311	3531
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	2918	2220	1	18310	36
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2918	2220	1	18310	1756
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2918	1895	5	18299,18300,18303,18307,18310	289
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	2840	2818	1	18305	227
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2918	2220	2	18298,18310	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	18308	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	18308	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2918	2220	1	18310	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	2918	2220	1	18310	414
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	2918	2220	1	18310	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2918	2220	1	18310	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2918	2220	1	18310	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	2815	1895	1	18299	163
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2918	2220	1	18310	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	18288,18289,18311	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	18295,18308	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2918	2220	1	18310	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2918	2220	1	18310	1544
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2918	2220	1	18310	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2918	2220	2	18295,18310	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2918	2220	2	18310,18311	1689
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	2840	2818	1	18305	125
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	2918	2220	1	18310	57
Hydroxycalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca_1.5Ta₂O₆(OH)	2918	2220	1	18310	10
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	2918	2220	1	18310	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2918	2220	2	18307,18310	5591
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2918	2220	2	18305,18310	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	18295	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	18304,18308,18311	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2840	1895	7	18298,18299,18301,18305,18307,18310,18311	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	18311	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2815	1895	1	18299	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2890	1895	7	18299,18301,18303,18305,18307,18308,18310	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2918	2220	1	18310	471
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2918	2220	1	18310	2273
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	2815	1895	1	18300	121
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	2918	2220	1	18310	53
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	2918	2220	2	18305,18310	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	18288	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2918	2220	3	18288,18308,18310	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2918	1895	8	18289,18299,18301,18305,18307,18308,18310,18311	61156
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	2840	2818	1	18305	36
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	18288	5614
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	2840	2818	1	18305	87
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2918	2220	2	18310,18311	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2918	1895	5	18299,18305,18308,18310,18311	2705
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2918	2220	2	18305,18310	66
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2918	2220	2	18310,18311	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2918	2220	4	18303,18305,18308,18310	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	18288,18311	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2918	2220	2	18307,18310	688
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2840	2818	1	18305	263
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2918	2220	3	18305,18307,18310	211
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(TaTi)O₆	2815	1895	3	18299,18300,18301	16
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2918	2220	2	18308,18310	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2918	2220	1	18310	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2918	2220	1	18310	1395
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	2918	2220	2	18307,18310	78
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2918	2220	1	18310	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG97_873-00001	pegmatite
EG97_873-00002	pegmatite
EG97_873-00003	pegmatite
EG97_873-00004	pegmatite
EG97_873-00005	pegmatite
EG97_873-00006	pegmatite
EG97_873-00007	pegmatite
EG97_873-00008	pegmatite
EG97_873-00009	pegmatite
EG97_873-00010	pegmatite

15 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG97_873-00007	1905	1895	1900±5	U-Pb	tanteuxenite			206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodstock	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00008	2370	2350	2360±10	U-Pb	tanteuxenite			206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodstock	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00009	2815	2765	2790±25	Pb-Pb	tanteuxenite			206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodstock	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00010	2615	2565	2590±25	U-Pb	tanteuxenite			206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodstock	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
Bradley_2012_150	2840	2818	2829±11	Pb/Pb	columbite, tantalite			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
EG97_873-00001	2890	2890	2890	Rb-Sr	muscovite	Muscovite		12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00002	2420	2420	2420	K-Ar	muscovite	Muscovite		12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00003	2800	2800	2800	Rb-Sr	microcline	Microcline		12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00004	2220	2220	2220	K-Ar	microcline	Microcline		12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00005	2840	2818	2829±11	Pb-Pb	tantalite			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00006	2918	2688	2803±115	Pb-Pb	apatite			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
Grew_Li_2019_0030	2890	2890	2890				Ferrisicklerite	12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Main tantalite dyke, Wodgina pegmatite field, North Pilbara craton, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002); Dittrich et al. (2016a)
Kristen002486	2840	2818	2829±11		tantalo-niobates			12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
Kristen002487	2862	2810	2836±26		cassiterite	Cassiterite		12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
Kristen002488	2855	2823	2839±16		cassiterite	Cassiterite		12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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