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Locality Name:
Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2742
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2550

mindat Locality ID: 147013
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147013.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
A-Cap Gold Mine (Lady Grace South)
Baker's Find Pit
Barbara Gold Mine (SBS 28 Complex; Shirl-Barbara-Surprise Complex)
Bayleys Reward Gold Mine
Bellbird Gold Mine (La Mascotte)
Big Blow East
Big Blow Gold Mine
Bonham Gold Mine
Bonnievale Gold Mine (Westralia; Varischetti)
Burbanks Gold Mine (Baker-Burbanks)
Caledonia Gold Mine (Three Mile Hill; Greenfields)
Chatanooka Gold Mine
Coolgardie South Gold Mine
Dreadnought Gold Mine
Dunallen Gold Mine
Empress Of Coolgardie Gold Mine (Empress)
Flagstaff Gold Mine
Gala Gold Mine
Golden Bar Gold Mine (Jones)
Grosmont (Grossmont) District
Gunga Gold Mine (Gunga West)
Hampton Group
King Solomon Gold Mine (King Solomon's)
Kings Cross Gold Mine
Lady Charlotte Gold Mine
Lady Marie Gold Mine
Lady Robinson Gold Mine
Lindsays Gold Mine (Queens Cross)
McPherson's Reward Gold Mine (Macphersons Reward)
Mungari Emerald Deposit
Mungari Grey Quarries (Mungari Grey 1; Mungari Grey 2)
New Australasian Gold Mine (Australasian; New Australasian Group)
Queen Of Sheba Gold Mine
Reid's Find Gold Mine
Rose Hill Gold Mine (Queensbury)
Sherlaw's Perseverance Gold Mine (Sherlaw's; Perseverance)
The Camel Paddock Gold Leases
Tindals Gold Mine
Ubini Pegmatite
Union Jack Gold Mine
Williams Opal Mine (Three Mile Hill Mine)

Latitude: 30°58'8"S
Longitude: 121°10'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.968888888889,121.17916666667

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: Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBismutiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumKaoliniteLöllingite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePharmacosideritePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
TalcTetradymiteTitaniteTopazVivianite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stannite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tschermakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)227422670515098,15103,15124,15128,151403419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27422550515097,15105,15116,15138,151398803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)327422670215105,151382353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F27422670115139244
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O27422670115140445
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427422670115098708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS27422670915098,15103,15104,15105,15111,15124,15128,15137,151389052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18274226701151304286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi274226701151041966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)25502550115097716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27422550915097,15098,15103,15105,15124,15128,15132,15136,1513827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO227422550215097,151395171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227422670515098,15105,15124,15137,1513827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu274226701151133846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3274226701151391797
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O274226701151132970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2274226701150989895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27422670315103,15124,151328173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)274226701151381188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27422670815098,15101,15103,15104,15105,15123,15124,1514024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu274225503315095,15096,15097,15098,15099,15101,15103,15104,15105,15106,15107,15108,15109,15110,15111,15113,15115,15118,15123,15124,15125,15126,15127,15128,15129,15132,15133,15134,15135,15136,15137,15138,1514030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC27422670215098,151412812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O274226701151366890
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S25502550115097237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32742267011510114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O327422670615098,15103,15105,15124,15128,151385433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O225502550115097148
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)427422670215124,151355591
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO62684267311510939
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs227422670115128762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427422670215103,1513814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)27422670315116,15131,151394924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2255025501150975800
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)27422670115139200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227422670515116,15128,15131,15132,1513917380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O25502550115097471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O27422670215116,151412994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)274226701151382349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O27422670115098428
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)227422670415105,15124,15128,151361898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227422670915098,15101,15103,15104,15111,15128,15136,15137,1513839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827422670815098,15103,15105,15124,15128,15129,15137,151389056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2274225502115097,15098,15101,15103,15104,15105,15108,15109,15116,15123,15124,15128,15129,15132,15134,15135,15137,15138,15139,15140,1514161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)255025501150971711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)27422670615098,15105,15124,15128,15137,151384894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)255025501150976417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27422550615097,15098,15103,15104,15124,1513821482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O625502550115097688
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS427422670115098668
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)227422670315098,15138,151403337
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O627422670115139211
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S26842673115109510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O27422670315105,15124,151284899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2274226701151161476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)227422670215098,151382562
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22742267011510573



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00052255025502550  high    DanaliteBe211612Barbara Gold Mine (SBS 28 Complex; Shirl-Barbara-Surprise Complex), Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia Jacobson et al. (2007) BOOK_GPWA 
Mo-0012126842673 U-Pb zircon   ZirconKoechliniteMo10826Dunallen Gold Mine, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia Knight et al. (1993); Knight et al. (2000)   
Mo-N382_703-0001274226702706±36Re-Os isochron  Z58542, Z55765, Z55710, Z55725, Z58502, Z58507, Z5 Yes Mo225Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaKambalada, Perseverance, and Mt. KeithFoster et al. (1996)10.1038/382703a0N382_703 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X050114Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/X050114


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