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Locality Name:
Wiluna, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 204499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wiluna, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Capelli's Find Gold Mine
Cole's Find Gold Area
Diorite Gold Mine (Brilliant)
Essex Gold Mine
Golden Monarch Gold Mine
Martin's Patch Gold Area
Millbillillie Meteorite
Monarch Gold Mine
Moonlight Gold Mine
Paroo Station Mine (Rosslyn Hill Mine; Magellan Mine; Magellan Deposit)
Weelona Gold Mine
Wiluna Gold Mines
Wiluna Meteorite

Latitude: 26°36'9"S
Longitude: 120°8'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.6025,120.13722222222

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Taenite ()*	Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Iron
Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	18886	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	18885,18886	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	18881	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	18885	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	18878	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	18875,18880,18885,18886	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	18878	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	18878	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	18881	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	18885,18886	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	18881	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	18880	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	18885	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	18878	3902
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	18881	227
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	18881,18885,18886	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	18888	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	18886	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	18881	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	18872,18873,18874,18875,18876,18877,18879,18880,18884,18885,18886	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	18880	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	18881	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	18878	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	18888	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	18881	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	18880,18881	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	18888	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	18884	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	18881,18885,18886	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	18881	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	18886	2994
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	18878	303
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	18881	158
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	18881	170
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18885	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	18880,18885,18886	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	18881	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	18872,18873,18876,18880,18881,18884,18885,18886	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	18886	5614
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	2	18880,18885	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	18880,18885	3418
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	18888	703
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	18886	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	18878,18888	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	18878	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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