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Locality Name:
Mukinbudin, Mukinbudin Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 17599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mukinbudin, Mukinbudin Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Calcaling Pegmatite
Cosh's North Pegmatite
Cosh's South Pegmatite
Karloning Pegmatite (O'Neil's Pegmatite; Koonkoobing Hill Pegmatite)
Mukinbudin Feldspar Quarries
Reginald Jones Pegmatite

Latitude: 30°48'53"S
Longitude: 118°9'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.814722222222,118.15055555556

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteBastnäsiteBerylChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
KaoliniteMicaNoneQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinelTitaniteTopazZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(Y)  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)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
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)318117,18120,181218803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)118121706
Allanite-(Y)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaY(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11812028
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F118121304
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18218117,181214286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211812127198
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6118117414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4218120,18121196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21181179617
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3218117,181205433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4418117,18120,18121,1812214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)618117,18118,18119,18120,18121,181224924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2418117,18118,18119,1812217380
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21181213106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2618117,18118,18119,18120,18121,1812261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21181175614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1181214899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21181181476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)118120939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1181215251



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