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Locality Name:
Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2529
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1100

mindat Locality ID: 185843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Enterprise Lode
Greenbushes Mine (Greenbushes Pegmatite)
Greenbushes Sn Placers
Lemonade Springs Cut
New Zealand Gully
Police Station Cut

Latitude: 33°50'55"S
Longitude: 116°3'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.848611111111,116.05944444444

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Tapiolite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Zircon

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 B Be C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Tapiolite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Turquoise Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-holmquistite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Holmquistite ()*
Holtite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Lithiophosphate ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Rynersonite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Simpsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*
Staurolite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Triphylite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wodginite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2529	2525	1	14972	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2529	2525	1	14972	244
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2529	2525	1	14972	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2529	2525	1	14972	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2529	2525	1	14972	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2529	2525	1	14972	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2529	2525	1	14972	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2529	1100	4	14971,14972,14973,14975	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2529	1100	2	14972,14974	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2529	2525	1	14972	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2529	2525	1	14972	289
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2529	2525	1	14972	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2529	2525	1	14972	1797
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2529	2525	1	14972	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2529	2525	1	14972	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2529	2525	1	14972	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2529	2525	1	14972	8173
Ferro-holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2529	2525	1	14972	1
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2529	2525	1	14972	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2529	2525	1	14972	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2529	2525	1	14972	445
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2529	2525	1	14972	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2529	2525	1	14972	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2529	1100	1	14974	14640
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2529	2525	4	14972,14973,14974,14976	42
Holtite ()*	Dumortierite	(Ta_0.6 _0.4)Al₆BSi₃O₁₈	2529	1100	2	14972,14973	6
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2529	1100	2	14972,14974	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	2529	2525	1	14972	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2529	2525	1	14972	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2529	2525	1	14972	1507
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2529	2525	1	14972	155
Lithiophosphate ()*	None	Li₃(PO₄)	2529	2525	1	14972	7
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2529	2525	1	14972	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2529	2525	1	14972	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2529	2525	1	14972	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2529	2525	1	14972	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2529	2525	1	14972	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2529	2525	1	14972	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2529	2525	1	14972	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2529	1100	1	14974	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2529	2525	2	14972,14974	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2529	2525	1	14972	5614
Rynersonite ()*	Aeschynite	CaTa₂O₆	2529	2525	1	14972	14
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2529	2525	1	14972	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2529	2525	1	14972	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2529	2525	1	14972	1516
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2529	2525	1	14972	16
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2529	1100	1	14974	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2529	2525	1	14972	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2529	2525	1	14972	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2529	2525	1	14972	978
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2529	1100	3	14971,14972,14973	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2529	2525	1	14972	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	2529	1100	1	14973	88
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2529	1100	2	14972,14974	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2529	2525	1	14972	1476
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	2529	2525	1	14972	313
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2529	1100	2	14972,14973	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2529	2525	1	14972	2718
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	2529	1100	2	14972,14973	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2529	1100	2	14972,14974	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Alexandra-0373	2529	2525	2527 ± 2	207Pb/206Pb	Age of pegmatite	zircon	104055	Zircon	Albite, Cassiterite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz, Spodumene	Ta, Li	185843	Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Greenbushes pegmate	Partington et al. (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616	EG90_616	temperature 890-690 C
Alexandra-0374	2430	2400	2430-2400	U-Pb	Age of metamorphism	zircon		Zircon	Beryl, Cassiterite, Microlite, Muscovite, Spodumene	Ta	185843	Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Greenbushes pegmate	Partington et al. (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616	EG90_616	temperature 680 С
Alexandra-0375	1100	1100	1100	U-Pb	Age of metamorphism	zircon		Zircon	Cassiterite, Muscovite	Ta	185843	Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Greenbushes pegmate	Partington et al. (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616	EG90_616	temperature 620 С
Kristen002505	2529	2525	2527±2			zircon		Zircon			11514	Greenbushes Mine (Greenbushes Pegmatite), Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Greenbushes	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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