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Locality Name:
Bali South, Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1790
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1790

mindat Locality ID: 15031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bali South, Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°25'21"S
Longitude: 116°58'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.4225,116.96916666667
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: Ag Al As Ba C Cl Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Cl Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBaryteBrochantiteChenevixiteClayCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltRutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6179017900966
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21790179005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17901790011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61790179001633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1790179005707
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)217901790090
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1790179001382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1790179003531
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4179017900175
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1790179007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317901790014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41790179005591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217901790012537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)179017900492
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O417901790066


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000229Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback


1 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
Giersdorf_00000229179017901790 Postdated age of granites folded into the Ashburton formation   Yes  17597Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMount Tom Price MineTaylor et. al (2001)0361-0128/01/3161/837-37EG96_837Postdated age of the Ashburton formation

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