Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Minnie Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 147021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Minnie Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Range (Copper Ridge)
Range Well East Prospect
Turtle (Copper Ridge)

Latitude: 22°16'6"S
Longitude: 115°28'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.268333333333,115.47

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	Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Chalcopyrite Clay Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	14823	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	14821,14823	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	14822	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	14821,14823	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	14822	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	14821,14822,14823	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	14821,14823	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	14821,14822,14823	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	14822	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	14821,14822,14823	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	14821,14823	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	14822,14823	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	14821	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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