Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hope Downs Mine (Hope Downs 1; Hope Downs North Pit), Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 17484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hope Downs Mine (Hope Downs 1; Hope Downs North Pit), Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hope Downs Prospect 2
Hope Downs Prospect 3
Hope Downs Prospect 5
Hope Downs Prospect 6 (Parmelia; Parmelia Ridge)
Hope Downs South Mine

Latitude: 23°2'13"S
Longitude: 119°1'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.036944444444,119.025

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Stilpnomelane
Talc

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Stilpnomelane
Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*

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
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2600	2600	0		9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2600	2600	1	16291	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2600	2600	1	16291	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2600	2600	0		14899
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2600	2600	0		61
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2600	2600	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2600	0		61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2600	2600	0		375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2600	2600	0		6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2600	2600	0		456

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000218	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

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
	Giersdorf_00000218	2600	2600	2600							Yes				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Lowest formation in the Hamersley Group

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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