Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Big River, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 424
Youngest recorded age at locality: 416

mindat Locality ID: 194697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big River, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°55'4"S
Longitude: 147°28'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.917777777778,147.46722222222

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.

Copper	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Topaz	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 Au Ce F O P Si Sn Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ce F O P Si Sn Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Monazite None Not in a structural group Rutile Topaz Zircon

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Gold ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Topaz ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	424	416	2162
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	424	416	5171
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	424	416	30554
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	424	416	945
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	424	416	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	424	416	939

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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
	PRSV127_55-001	424	416	420 ± 4	Th/U/Pb	Age of pegmatite		monazite			Yes				269853	Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia	Knocker pegmatite	Eagle et al. (2015)	10.1071/RS15018	PRSV127_55	age of Knocker pegmatite, aslo stated that the age is proxy for Mount Willis which is undated

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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