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Locality Name:
Oroya Brownhill Gold Mine (Brownhill Lease; Oroya Block North; Oroya Block South), Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 180018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oroya Brownhill Gold Mine (Brownhill Lease; Oroya Block North; Oroya Block South), Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°46'1"S
Longitude: 121°30'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.766944444444,121.50194444444
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: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMeloniteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nagyágite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22680260003092
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2263826200361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26802600027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226802600027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe268026000169
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22680260009895
Gold  (*)CopperAu26382620030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326802600014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426802600014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226382620017380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)326382620067
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2263826200409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226802600039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226802600061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22680260005614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2680260004894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2680260002705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26802600021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132680260001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132680260005317


3 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
EG90_845-00003267826702674±4Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Hg-0011726802600 Ar-Ar, U-Pb high   YesColoradoiteHg223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
EG90_845-00002263826202629±9Ar-Ar muscovite  YesMuscovite Au, Te11401Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaGolden Mile depositKent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 

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