Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 204981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Francis Ormand Mine
Francis Ormond North Shaft
Garfield Mine(Garfield Shaft; Forest Creek Victoria Gold Reefs)
Specimen Hill
Wattle Gully Gold Mine (Wattle Gully Quartz Mine)

Latitude: 37°4'54"S
Longitude: 144°15'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.081666666667,144.25861111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 H Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Cobaltite Copper Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	444	438	2	14442,14443	9052
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	444	438	1	14443	966
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	444	438	1	14443	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	444	438	3	14439,14441,14443	30554
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	444	438	1	14443	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	444	438	1	14443	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	444	438	1	14443	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	444	438	2	14442,14443	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	14442	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	444	438	1	14443	21482

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
	Scott-OGR13_299-0003	444	438	441±3	40Ar-39Ar	age of mineralization		sericite	LTU12006					Au	204980	Wattle Gully Gold Mine (Wattle Gully Quartz Mine), Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia	Wattle Gully	Foster et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6	OGR13_299

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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