Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mount Phillip Station (Mount Phillips Station), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 180863
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180863.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Phillip Station (Mount Phillips Station), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Leake Spring Amethyst Mine
Mount Phillip Amethyst Mine (Gascoyne Amethyst Mine; Soklich Amethyst Mine)

Latitude: 24°28'40"S
Longitude: 116°29'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.477777777778,116.48444444444

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Tourmaline

Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Inesite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Malachite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Tourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	18676	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	18676	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	18676	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	18676	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	18676	14640
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	18676	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	18676	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	18676	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18676	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	18676	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	18676	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	18675,18676	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	18676	2705
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	18676	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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