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Locality Name:
Esperance Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 147015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esperance Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cape Arid National Park
Dundas Nature Reserve
Esperance
Wharton Bay
Young River

Latitude: 33°30'58"S
Longitude: 122°29'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.516111111111,122.48444444444
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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteClayCopperCorundumDiamondFeldsparMicaNonePentlandite
PerovskiteQuartzRutileSpinelTridymiteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Diamond  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spinel  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51163431310
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2116350718
Diamond  (*)DiamondC116345697
Gold  (*)CopperAu11634530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311634714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3316343,16345,163495433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411634314899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1163474924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2216343,1634717380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)116345884
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81163451512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3116345495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21163452273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2216343,1634761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21163435614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4216343,163451934
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)216347,163495251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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