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Locality Name:
Duketon Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 146973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duketon Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Duketon Area
Mulga Queen Community Area (Nurra Kurramunoo)

Latitude: 27°36'10"S
Longitude: 122°10'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.602777777778,122.16916666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au B Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperKaoliniteMeloniteMicaNickelineNone
PentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteTourmaline

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe117109489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1170959052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2517090,17093,17095,17099,1710927198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS117109966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS417090,17093,17095,1709924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1717088,17091,17092,17093,17094,17095,17096,17097,17098,17099,17100,17103,17104,17106,17107,17108,1710930554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te117109804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41170985591
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)117109451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4117095229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411710914899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2117109207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2317090,17093,1709917380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs117109633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS117109767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81171091512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2517090,17093,17095,17099,1710939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81171099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2617088,17093,17095,17096,17099,1710361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1170932705
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2117109337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS417090,17093,17095,1709921482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21171093337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131170931803
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4117109380


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