Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2104
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2008

mindat Locality ID: 146192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°51'36"S
Longitude: 122°32'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.86,122.54777777778

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.

Alunite	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	Monazite	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

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 Ba Ca Ce Fe H La Mg O P Si Sr Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Ce Fe H La Mg O P Si Sr Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Clay Fluorite Gypsum Monazite None Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Crandallite ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(La) ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	2104	2008	94
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	2104	2008	70
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	310
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2104	2008	14899
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)	2104	2008	38
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2104	2008	652

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001081	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.
Jen_0001082	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.
Jen_0001083	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0001081	2042	2042	2042			146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001082	2104	2024	2064±40	K-Ar	biotite	146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001083	2034	2008	2021±13	Rb-Sr		146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00021	2064	2064	2064 Ma			146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Weld	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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