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Locality Name:
Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2608

mindat Locality ID: 147002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 154
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 143

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bullfinch
Forrestania Goldfield (Mount Holland)
Holleton Goldfield
Koolyanobbing
Marvel Loch
Mount Dimer Goldfield
Mount Holland Goldfield
Mount Holland Pegmatite Field
Mount Jackson Goldfield
Parker Range Goldfield
Southern Cross
Yellowdine

Latitude: 31°20'15"S
Longitude: 119°30'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.3375,119.51138888889

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite
Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite
Matlockite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite
Wurtzite	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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Cubanite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite
Matlockite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite
Wurtzite Zircon

107 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinobisvanite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Goldmanite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grossular ()*
Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hafnon ()*	Halite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kimrobinsonite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natropharmacosiderite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2644	2608	1	19138	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2920	2608	10	19078,19090,19116,19117,19120,19138,19142,19195,19212,19223	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2651	2608	8	19107,19112,19114,19126,19127,19150,19165,19214	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2920	2608	5	19090,19107,19112,19126,19142	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2920	2608	3	19092,19135,19223	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2644	2608	3	19132,19138,19154	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	19210,19220	718
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	19178	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2920	2608	18	19090,19092,19127,19129,19135,19138,19141,19142,19150,19172,19175,19178,19179,19213,19214,19216,19223,19227	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	19172,19194	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	19076,19078,19117,19205	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2644	2608	2	19165,19191	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2644	2608	2	19117,19165	4286
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	2644	2608	1	19165	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2651	2608	2	19114,19142	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2644	2608	1	19119	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	19078	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2920	2608	16	19078,19090,19120,19121,19122,19127,19138,19142,19151,19153,19166,19172,19175,19208,19210,19220	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2651	2608	3	19107,19112,19165	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2651	2629	3	19079,19107,19112	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	19117	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2920	2608	13	19079,19090,19135,19138,19140,19142,19151,19179,19208,19209,19210,19223,19227	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2644	2608	2	19138,19175	3902
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)			1	19224	36
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2920	2608	3	19090,19138,19142	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2644	2608	1	19165	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2651	2608	4	19114,19138,19142,19223	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	19223	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2608	3	19138,19142,19210	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	19175	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2644	2608	10	19120,19122,19127,19138,19142,19209,19210,19212,19220,19223	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2644	2608	4	19078,19138,19142,19195	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2644	2608	1	19165	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2920	2608	6	19090,19142,19166,19172,19209,19210	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2920	2608	2	19090,19142	129
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2644	2608	1	19142	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	19117	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2920	2608	13	19078,19079,19090,19120,19121,19138,19140,19142,19151,19172,19175,19179,19210	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2644	2608	1	19132	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			6	19116,19154,19166,19185,19195,19212	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2920	2608	100	19075,19076,19078,19079,19080,19081,19082,19083,19084,19085,19086,19087,19092,19094,19095,19097,19102,19104,19107,19108,19109,19110,19111,19112,19115,19119,19120,19121,19122,19125,19126,19127,19129,19131,19132,19133,19134,19135,19136,19138,19140,19141,19142,19143,19146,19149,19150,19151,19162,19166,19167,19168,19169,19170,19171,19172,19173,19174,19175,19176,19177,19179,19181,19182,19183,19184,19187,19188,19189,19190,19191,19192,19193,19194,19195,19196,19197,19198,19199,19200,19201,19202,19205,19206,19207,19209,19210,19211,19212,19213,19214,19215,19216,19217,19218,19219,19221,19222,19223,19227	30554
Goldmanite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2644	2608	1	19142	31
Graphite ()*	None	C	2920	2608	5	19090,19116,19135,19216,19223	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2644	2608	1	19142	61
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2644	2608	1	19142	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2920	2608	4	19090,19142,19210,19223	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	19210	6890
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	2644	2608	1	19165	11
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	19191	1398
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2920	2608	2	19090,19142	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2644	2608	11	19078,19116,19132,19154,19166,19167,19185,19195,19208,19209,19212	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2651	2608	6	19107,19112,19138,19142,19210,19220	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	19178,19213	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2644	2608	4	19149,19167,19198,19209	5591
Kimrobinsonite ()*	None	Ta(OH)₃(O,CO₃)	2644	2608	1	19165	2
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2644	2608	3	19138,19142,19223	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	19175	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2920	2608	15	19078,19090,19092,19107,19112,19116,19132,19138,19142,19154,19190,19195,19209,19210,19212	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	19076,19078,19117,19205	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	2644	2608	1	19142	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2920	2608	4	19078,19090,19132,19208	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2651	2608	8	19107,19112,19126,19127,19142,19153,19165,19194	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2920	2608	2	19090,19208	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2920	2608	12	19090,19135,19138,19142,19150,19151,19153,19165,19175,19194,19214,19223	17380
Natropharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	NaFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	19178	13
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	19190	884
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	19079	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			5	19078,19166,19195,19216,19227	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	19214	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2644	2608	1	19142	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2920	2920	1	19090	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	19190	495
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			2	19172,19178	428
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2644	2608	1	19138	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	19117	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2644	2608	2	19138,19142	1898
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	2651	2629	1	19114	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2920	2608	29	19078,19080,19083,19086,19090,19092,19094,19116,19127,19132,19135,19138,19140,19142,19151,19154,19166,19172,19175,19179,19191,19195,19208,19209,19210,19212,19213,19223,19227	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2920	2608	22	19078,19079,19080,19083,19090,19092,19127,19129,19132,19135,19138,19142,19150,19166,19195,19208,19209,19210,19212,19220,19223,19227	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2920	2608	71	19075,19076,19078,19079,19080,19081,19083,19084,19086,19087,19090,19092,19094,19102,19107,19108,19112,19114,19115,19116,19117,19119,19120,19121,19122,19126,19127,19129,19132,19135,19138,19141,19142,19149,19150,19151,19154,19165,19166,19167,19168,19170,19171,19172,19174,19175,19177,19178,19181,19182,19189,19190,19191,19192,19194,19195,19198,19202,19205,19207,19208,19209,19210,19212,19213,19214,19216,19217,19220,19223,19227	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2644	2608	3	19138,19213,19220	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2920	2608	7	19090,19107,19112,19135,19138,19142,19210	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2920	2608	6	19094,19107,19112,19127,19165,19166	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			4	19172,19175,19178,19213	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	19116,19154,19195	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2920	2629	2	19092,19114	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	19078	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2920	2608	8	19090,19138,19140,19151,19172,19175,19210,19227	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2651	2608	3	19107,19112,19138	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2920	2920	1	19090	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2644	2608	1	19135	978
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2644	2608	1	19165	53
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2644	2608	1	19142	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2644	2608	10	19078,19086,19116,19117,19138,19142,19175,19210,19220,19223	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2644	2608	1	19165	211
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	19227	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	19227	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2644	2608	1	19165	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2644	2608	4	19127,19138,19142,19220	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	19117	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2920	2608	8	19078,19090,19117,19138,19142,19209,19210,19220	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	2644	2608	1	19142	100
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2651	2608	5	19079,19107,19112,19120,19189	605
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2651	2629	2	19110,19226	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2651	2614	6	19107,19112,19114,19153,19165,19213	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	19172,19223	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_612	Includes Cosmic Boy, Daybreak, Digger Rocks, Flying Fox, New Morning. Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiites.

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Kristen002496	2651	2629	2640±11	Sm/Nd		albite, garnet	Yes			207543	Westonia, Westonia Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Westonia-Holleton	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
EG105_1057_036	2920	2920	2920						Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	266736	Forrestania Goldfield (Mount Holland), Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Forrestania	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_612	3000	3000	3000		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province				Ni, Cu	266736	Forrestania Goldfield (Mount Holland), Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Forrestania Nickel	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
Kristen002498	2626	2614	2620±6			zircon		Zircon		240005	Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Corinthia-Nevoria (Mount Hope)	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
Kristen002499	2644	2608	2626±18	Sm/Nd		albite, garnet				240005	Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Corinthia-Nevoria (Mount Hope)	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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