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Locality Name:
WIM 150 Deposit, Horsham, Rural City Of Horsham, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.8

mindat Locality ID: 15613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "WIM 150 Deposit, Horsham, Rural City Of Horsham, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°48'14"S
Longitude: 142°22'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.803888888889,142.36916666667

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: Al B F Fe H Na O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B F Fe H Na O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteCorundumNoneNot in a structural groupRutileTopazTourmalineZircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22.61.802162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52.61.801310
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32.61.805433
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22.61.805614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2.61.802705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52.61.801516
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22.61.801476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2.61.80939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2.61.805251



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
ree-001062.61.8Early Pleistocene        15613WIM 150 Deposit, Horsham, Rural City Of Horsham, Victoria, AustraliaWIM 150 (Drung South, CRA, Horsham)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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