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Locality Name:
Menzies, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 159085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menzies, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Africander Gold Mine
Aspacia Gold Mine
Balkis Gold Mine (Friday; Menzies United)
Black Jack Gold Mine
Blowfly Gold Mine (Alathea)
Broughtonville Gold Area
Craig-Y-Nos Gold Mine
Emu Gold Mine
Etrenna Gold Mine
First Hit Gold Mine
Flying Fish Gold Mine
Golden Age Gold Mine
Goodenough Gold Mine (Lusitania)
Granny Venn Gold Mine (Auntie Nellie; Jenny Venn; CSR; G-VAN)
Hill View Gold Mine
Kensington Gold Mine (Menzies Kensington)
Kensington West Gold Mine
Lady Florence Gold Mine (Florence; Pericles)
Lady Harriet Gold Mine (Pioneer; Menzies Pioneer)
Lady Irene Gold Mine
Lady Shenton Gold Mine (Menzies)
Lady Sherry Gold Mine
Lincoln Gold Mine
Lion Gold Mine
Little Wonder Gold Mine
Lone Hand Gold Mine
Maori Chief Gold Mine
Maori Gold Mine
Maranoa Gold Mine (Kensington East; Hidden Treasure)
Menzies Alpha Gold Mine (Alpha; Stirling; Alpha Omega)
Queens Birthday Gold Mine
Queensland Menzies Gold Mine (Wedderburn)
Robinson Crusoe Gold Mine (Crusoe; Menzies Crusoe)
Selkirk Gold Mine (Dublin Castle; Coronation; Menzies Proprietary; Dublin Proprietary)
Sunday Gift Gold Mine (Kensington Sunday Gift)
True Blue Gold Mine
Two Dicks Gold Mine
Unnamed Pegmatite
Wallaroo Gold Mine (Monte Christo; Welcome)
Warrior Gold Mine (Warrior Menzies)
Yunndaga Gold Mine (Menzies Consolidated; Royal)

Latitude: 29°42'28"S
Longitude: 121°2'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.707777777778,121.04694444444

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinobisvanite ()*	Crocoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pucherite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Kaolinite Mica Monazite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	17827,17854	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9	17815,17823,17825,17832,17834,17835,17847,17853,17854	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	17823	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	17815,17825,17832,17835,17847,17853,17854	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	4	17826,17838,17843,17845	1382
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	1	17851	36
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	1	17834	81
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	17846	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13	17815,17816,17823,17825,17832,17834,17835,17843,17845,17846,17847,17853,17854	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	40	17814,17815,17816,17817,17818,17819,17820,17821,17822,17823,17824,17825,17826,17827,17828,17829,17830,17831,17832,17833,17834,17835,17836,17837,17838,17839,17840,17841,17842,17843,17844,17845,17846,17847,17848,17849,17850,17852,17853,17854	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17826	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	17823	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	17817	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17823	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	17826,17832,17834,17854	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	17816	67
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	17823	471
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	17827	2273
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	1	17851	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	17815,17816,17823,17825,17826,17827,17832,17834,17835,17838,17843,17845,17846,17847,17853,17854	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	17823,17826,17834,17846,17847,17854	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	17815,17823,17826,17827,17832,17833,17834,17835,17845,17846,17847,17853,17854	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	17827	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	17846	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	17815,17823,17825,17832,17834,17835,17846,17847,17853,17854	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	17823,17827,17847	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	17823	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	17823,17827	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	17846,17847	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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