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Locality Name:
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: 15398
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15398.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunnyside, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Democrat Mine
Gentle Annie Mine
Livingstone Mine
Meerschaum Mine
Proprietary Tin Mine
Smile Of Fortune Mine
United Brothers Mine

Latitude: 36°49'59"S
Longitude: 147°29'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.833055555556,147.49055555556

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Owyheeite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Zinkenite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Huttonite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Owyheeite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zinkenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Covellite
Fluorite Garnet Mica Monazite None Owyheeite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Zinkenite Zircon

33 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	424	416	1	14101	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	424	416	1	14106	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	424	416	7	14100,14101,14102,14103,14104,14105,14106	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	424	416	3	14101,14105,14106	343
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	424	416	1	14104	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	424	416	1	14106	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	424	416	1	14106	1382
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	424	416	1	14103	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	424	416	1	14103	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	424	416	1	14106	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	424	416	6	14100,14101,14102,14103,14105,14106	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	424	416	1	14104	173
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	424	416	1	14106	37
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	424	416	3	14102,14105,14106	784
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	424	416	1	14106	230
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	424	416	2	14101,14103	443
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	424	416	2	14103,14106	300
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	424	416	1	14106	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	424	416	1	14103	17380
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	424	416	1	14103	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	424	416	7	14100,14101,14102,14103,14104,14105,14106	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	424	416	6	14100,14101,14102,14103,14105,14106	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	424	416	1	14106	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	424	416	1	14106	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	424	416	2	14104,14106	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	424	416	4	14101,14103,14104,14106	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	424	416	4	14100,14101,14103,14106	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	424	416	5	14101,14102,14103,14105,14106	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	424	416	1	14103	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	424	416	1	14106	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	424	416	1	14106	939
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	424	416	2	14101,14103	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	424	416	2	14104,14106	5251

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
	PRSV127_55-001	424	416	420 ± 4	Th/U/Pb	Age of pegmatite		monazite			Yes				269853	Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia	Knocker pegmatite	Eagle et al. (2015)	10.1071/RS15018	PRSV127_55	age of Knocker pegmatite, aslo stated that the age is proxy for Mount Willis which is undated

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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