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Locality Name:
Moliagul, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 159092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moliagul, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Black Lead
Mount Moliagul

Latitude: 36°44'13"S
Longitude: 143°38'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.736944444444,143.64472222222

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 As Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBetpakdaliteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperDiasporeMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSulphurTitaniteZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Betpakdalite-FeFe  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1135679052
Betpakdalite-FeFe  (*)Betpakdalite[Fe3+2(H2O)15(OH)2Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8As2Fe3+3O37]1135671
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211356727198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O113567345
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1135677437
Gold  (*)CopperAu11356630554
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)113567469
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21135675800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3113567140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211356717380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)113567494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211356739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211356761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21135675614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1135674894
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1135672045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1135674899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1135675251



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