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Locality Name:
United Brothers Mine, Sunnyside, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 424
Youngest recorded age at locality: 416

mindat Locality ID: 15397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "United Brothers Mine, Sunnyside, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°49'46"S
Longitude: 147°29'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.829444444444,147.4875

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 Au B C Ce Cl Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B C Ce Cl Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteMonaziteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTourmalineZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Huttonite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)42441602734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS42441609052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S44244160343
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2424416027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl42441601382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS424416024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu424416030554
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)424416037
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S144244160784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS24244160230
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS24244160300
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)4244160945
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2424416039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2424416061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO242441605614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)42441602705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)42441606417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS424416021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S342441603418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1342441605317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO242441602718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)4244160939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)42441605251



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
PRSV127_55-001424416420 ± 4Th/U/PbAge of pegmatitemonazite  Yes  269853Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaKnocker pegmatiteEagle et al. (2015)10.1071/RS15018PRSV127_55age of Knocker pegmatite, aslo stated that the age is proxy for Mount Willis which is undated


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