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Locality Name:
Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 378
Youngest recorded age at locality: 374

mindat Locality ID: 15332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Beehive - German Reef
Carman's Tunnel
Linscott - Eaglehawk Reef
Mt Tarrengower Goldfield
Nuggety Reef
Parkins Reef
Tiverton Reef
Union Reef (Union Hill)

Latitude: 37°1'38"S
Longitude: 143°54'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.027222222222,143.91277777778

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Copper	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Meneghinite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Stibnite	Tetradymite

Aikinite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Jonassonite ()*
Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Maldonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Baryte Beryl Calcite Copper Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite
Meneghinite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Stibnite Tetradymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	378	374	0		315
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	378	374	1	14486	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	378	374	0		3092
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	378	374	0		73
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	378	374	1	14492	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	378	374	1	14488	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	378	374	0		1935
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	378	374	1	14486	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	378	374	1	14494	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	378	374	1	14485	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	378	374	1	14494	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	378	374	4	14486,14488,14489,14491	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	378	374	1	14487	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	378	374	0		104
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	378	374	0		19
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	378	374	0		50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	378	374	0		86
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	378	374	4	14488,14489,14491,14494	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	378	374	0		5800
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	378	374	1	14484	428
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	378	374	1	14485	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	378	374	3	14486,14487,14492	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	378	374	1	14486	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	378	374	5	14486,14487,14488,14492,14494	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	378	374	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	378	374	1	14494	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	378	374	1	14492	6417

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00146	378	374	376±2	Re-Os			molybdenite	M-1			Molybdenite		Mo	15332	Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia	Maldon	Arne et al. (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455	EG96_1455

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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