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Locality Name:
Panorama Area, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 206050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panorama Area, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Anomaly 45 Prospect
Auraria Gold Mine
Bernts Prospect
Bertha Mine
Bledisloe Prospect
Breakers Prospect
Cardinal Prospect
Dalton's Prospect
Eldorado Gold Mine
Eldorado West Gold Mine
Electra-Riviera Prospect
Jameson's Prospect
Kangaroo Caves Prospect
Leviathan Gold Mine
Mad Hatters Prospect
Man O'War Prospect
Nil Desperandum Gold Mine
Obelix Prospect
Struck Oil Gold Mine
Sulphur Springs Prospect

Latitude: 21°16'34"S
Longitude: 119°18'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.276111111111,119.31027777778

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Kobellite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Weibullite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H I K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Kobellite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4000	2500	0		8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	2	16244,16251	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	16248	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4000	2500	4	16234,16244,16246,16251	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4000	2500	1	16251	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4000	2500	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	16235	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4000	2500	3	16233,16240,16251	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	5	16233,16234,16240,16244,16251	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	16248	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	1	16251	9895
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	16233,16235,16240,16241,16245,16248,16249,16250	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4000	2500	0		14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	16241	180
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4000	2500	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4000	2500	3	16233,16240,16251	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	2	16244,16251	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	16241	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	3	16244,16245,16251	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	16241	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	5317
Weibullite ()*	Kobellite	Ag_0.33Pb_5.33Bi_8.33(S,Se)₁₈	4000	2500	3	16234,16244,16251	10

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770	2770	Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism
vms-00056	4000	2500	Archean		206053	Bernts Prospect, Panorama Area, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Panorama (Bernts)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00057	4000	2500	Archean		206052	Kangaroo Caves Prospect, Panorama Area, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Panorama (Kangaroo Caves)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00058	4000	2500	Archean		206054	Sulphur Springs Prospect, Panorama Area, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Panorama (Sulphur Springs)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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