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Locality Name:
Mount Pleasant, Black Flag Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 205188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Pleasant, Black Flag Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Bellevue Gold Mine
Black Flag Consols Gold Mine (New Flag Consolidated; Four In Hand)
Black Flag Junction Gold Mine
Black Flag Proprietary Gold Mine
Blue Gum Gold Mine
Credo Gold Mine
Crown United Gold Mine
Devon Consols Gold Mine
Golden Buckle Gold Mine
Golden Funnel Gold Mine
Golden Funnel North Gold Mine
Golden Kilometre Gold Mine (GK Shoot)
Green Gum Gold Mine
Homestead Gold Mine
John West Gold Mine
King Edward Gold Mine
Lady Bountiful Extended Gold Mine
Lady Bountiful Gold Mine
Liberty Gold Mine (Broad Arrow Consols)
Marlock Gold Prospect
Natal Gold Mine
Palace Gold Mine
Quarters Gold Mine
Racetrack Gold Mine
Rose Dam Gold Mine (Rose; Rose West; Rose East; Roe)
Royal Standard Gold Mine
Taipo Gold Mine
Tuart Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°31'38"S
Longitude: 121°14'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.527222222222,121.23805555556

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2268026001165753419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26802600216575,165818803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2268026001165753092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26802600216575,165879052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26802600216575,1658127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2268026001165875171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226802600316575,16581,1658727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226802600216580,165819895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)268026001165878173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1226802600116587663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26802600516569,16575,16577,16581,1658724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)268026001165807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu268026002716564,16565,16566,16567,16568,16569,16570,16571,16572,16573,16574,16575,16576,16577,16578,16579,16580,16581,16582,16583,16584,16585,16587,16588,16589,16590,1659130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O268026001165806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326802600216580,1658114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3268026001165755433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4268026001165805591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426802600216575,1658114899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226802600316575,16581,1658817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O268026001165802994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226802600416569,16575,16581,1658739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S826802600316569,16575,165819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226802600916566,16569,16575,16577,16579,16580,16581,16587,1658861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO226802600216575,165815614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)26802600216575,165774894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26802600416575,16577,16581,1658721482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13268026001165871803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13268026001165875317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O268026001165814899



2 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
EG90_845-00003267826702674±4Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Hg-0011726802600 Ar-Ar, U-Pb high   YesColoradoiteHg223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 


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