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Locality Name:
Wallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2667
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2661

mindat Locality ID: 190836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°51'7"S
Longitude: 122°18'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.851944444444,122.30166666667
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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22667266103419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2667266108803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32667266101534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2667266101588
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62667266102060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26672661027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226672661027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2266726610376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42667266103902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2667266101025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62667266104135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22667266109895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2667266108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26672661024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu26672661030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32667266101544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6266726610741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326672661014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426672661014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2667266104924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22667266105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226672661017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226672661039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82667266109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226672661061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2667266104894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26672661021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132667266101803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2667266104899


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0001109MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite and calcite-bearing syenite.


1 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
Jen_0001109266726612,664±3U-Pb titanite   Titanite  190836Wallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaWallabyWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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