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Locality Name:
Weld Range, Madoonga Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 195561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weld Range, Madoonga Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Beebyn Deposit
Madoonga Deposit
Mindoolah Goldfield
Weld Hercules Gold Mine (Tyrano)
Wilgie Mia

Latitude: 26°56'33"S
Longitude: 117°38'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.9425,117.64444444444
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
GarnetMarcasiteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRockbridgeiteSerpentine
SpinelStilpnomelaneTalc

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenalite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)0161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4054
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21154269895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1154277437
Gold  (*)CopperAu215428,1542930554
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4061
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3215426,1542714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4215426,1542714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)2061
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211542761156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1154266417
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21154273337


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