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Locality Name:
Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2910
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2590

mindat Locality ID: 146994
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146994.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Karara Conservation Reserve
Mount Mulgine
Weelhamby Lake

Latitude: 29°12'34"S
Longitude: 116°45'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.209444444444,116.75527777778

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Kobellite
Leucophosphite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Ullmannite	Zircon

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 Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Kobellite
Leucophosphite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite
Ullmannite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bityite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Inesite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pucherite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tintinaite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Variscite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	18255	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2910	2590	2	18254,18257	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	18258	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	18258	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	18255,18258	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	18255	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	18255	5509
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2590	2590	1	18254	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2910	2590	2	18254,18257	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	18258	1966
Bityite ()*	Mica Clay	CaLiAl₂(Si₂BeAl)O₁₀(OH)₂	2590	2590	1	18254	31
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	18255	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			1	18258	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	18253,18258	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	18255	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2910	2670	4	18253,18255,18257,18258	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	18258	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2910	2670	1	18257	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	18255	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	18253,18258	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2910	2670	1	18257	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2910	2670	3	18253,18257,18258	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	18258	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	18253,18255	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2910	2670	2	18255,18257	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	18253	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	18258	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2910	2670	2	18257,18258	5433
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O			1	18253	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	18253	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	18258	234
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	18261	110
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	18253,18255,18258	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	18255	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	18258	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2910	2590	2	18254,18257	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2910	2670	2	18257,18258	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2910	2590	3	18254,18257,18258	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2590	2590	1	18254	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2590	2590	4	18254,18255,18260,18261	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	18258	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	18258	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	18258	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2910	2670	1	18257	494
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	2590	2590	1	18254	53
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	18258	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2910	2670	4	18253,18255,18257,18258	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	18258	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2910	2590	7	18253,18254,18255,18257,18258,18260,18261	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2590	2590	2	18254,18258	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2910	2670	2	18257,18258	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	18253	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2910	2670	1	18257	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	18258	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	18255	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	18258	5317
Tintinaite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₀Cu₂Sb₁₆S₃₅			1	18258	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	18258	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	18258	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	18258	293
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			2	18260,18261	301
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2910	2670	1	18257	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	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
Be-00055	2590	2590	2590		high			Bityite	Be	246595	Rothsay Beryl Pegmatites (Seleka; Perenjori Beryl Mine), Karara Conservation Reserve, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA
Mo-00218	2850	2670	2760±90	Re-Os		molybdenite	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	27913	Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill), Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt. Mulgine	Suzuki et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90021-N	GCA57_1625
Mo-00219	2910	2730	2820±90	Re-Os		molybdenite	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	27913	Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill), Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt. Mulgine	Suzuki et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90021-N	GCA57_1625

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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