Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meekatharra, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 146988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meekatharra, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Meekatharra Goldfield

Latitude: 26°36'10"S
Longitude: 118°30'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.602777777778,118.50638888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	17491,17496,17501,17503,17508,17509	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	17496,17504,17508	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	17504	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	17496,17503,17504	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	17491,17496,17498,17503,17504,17508	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	17504	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	17491,17503	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	17504	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	17496,17503	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	17511	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	17487,17489,17490,17491,17492,17493,17494,17496,17498,17500,17501,17502,17503,17504,17505,17506,17507,17508,17509,17510,17511,17512,17513,17514,17515	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	17515	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17513	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	17504	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	13	17487,17489,17491,17496,17500,17501,17502,17503,17504,17507,17508,17509,17512	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	6	17491,17496,17498,17503,17504,17511	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17504	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	17491	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	17487,17491,17496,17498,17500,17501,17503,17504,17506,17508,17509,17510,17511,17512	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	17504	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	17511	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	17491,17496,17498,17503,17504,17508,17511,17513	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	17487,17489,17491,17492,17493,17496,17498,17500,17501,17502,17503,17504,17505,17506,17507,17508,17509,17510,17511,17512,17513,17514,17515	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	17504,17511,17513	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	17500	2705
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	8	17487,17491,17496,17498,17503,17504,17507,17512	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	17511	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	17496,17503,17508,17509	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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