Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Prairie Downs Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2770
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 123227
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123227.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prairie Downs Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Deadman Flats Gold Prospect
Husky Prospect
Hyena-African Hunting Dog Prospect
Morawa Well Prospect
Prairie Downs Deposit 1
Prairie Downs Deposit 2
Prairie Downs Deposit 3
Titan Prospect (Anomaly B)
Wolf Prospect

Latitude: 23°55'22"S
Longitude: 119°22'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.922777777778,119.37666666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Gypsum Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baileychlore ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Baileychlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Zn,Fe²⁺,Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2770	2770	1	17657	16
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2770	2770	1	17657	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2770	2770	1	17657	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2770	2770	1	17657	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2770	2770	2	17657,17661	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2770	2600	1	17653	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2770	2770	1	17657	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2600	2600	2	17658,17661	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2770	2600	1	17661	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2770	2770	1	17657	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2770	2770	2	17657,17661	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2770	2770	2	17657,17661	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000218	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

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
	Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770	2770							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	Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism
	Giersdorf_00000218	2600	2600	2600							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	Lowest formation in the Hamersley Group

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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