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Locality Name:
Wattle Gully Gold Mine (Wattle Gully Quartz Mine), Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 444
Youngest recorded age at locality: 438

mindat Locality ID: 204980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wattle Gully Gold Mine (Wattle Gully Quartz Mine), Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°5'41"S
Longitude: 144°15'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.094722222222,144.25222222222
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: As Au Co Fe Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Co Fe Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCobaltiteCopperNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS44443809052
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4444380966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS444438024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu444438030554
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4444380767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2444438039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S844443809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2444438061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS444438021482


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
Scott-OGR13_299-0003444438441±340Ar-39Arage of mineralizationsericiteLTU12006   Au204980Wattle Gully Gold Mine (Wattle Gully Quartz Mine), Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, AustraliaWattle GullyFoster et al. (1998)10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6OGR13_299 

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