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Locality Name:
Dordie Rocks North Deposit (Dordie North Prospect; Dordie Rocks North), Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 203750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dordie Rocks North Deposit (Dordie North Prospect; Dordie Rocks North), Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°34'50"S
Longitude: 121°37'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.580555555556,121.61694444444
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Ni O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAtacamiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeHydrotalciteMalachiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzSpinelStibniteTalc

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Goethite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Takovite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)2025
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)20210
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)60158
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Takovite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O018
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


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