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Locality Name:
Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2815
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1895

mindat Locality ID: 206407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Leeds Tin Find (Hall's Tin Find; Pinga Tin Mine)

Latitude: 21°30'"S
Longitude: 118°47'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.5,118.79333333333

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.

Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Mica	Monazite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Tourmaline

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 B Be Ce Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ce Fe H K Na O P Si Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Columbite Feldspar Gadolinite Mica Monazite None Quartz Rutile Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Microcline ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*

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)	2815	1895	0		8803
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2815	1895	1	18300	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2815	1895	1	18300	289
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	2815	1895	0		163
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2815	1895	0		4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2815	1895	0		945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2815	1895	0		17380
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	2815	1895	1	18300	121
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2815	1895	0		61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2815	1895	0		2705
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(TaTi)O₆	2815	1895	1	18300	16

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG97_873-00007	pegmatite
EG97_873-00008	pegmatite
EG97_873-00009	pegmatite
EG97_873-00010	pegmatite

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG97_873-00007	1905	1895	1900±5	U-Pb	tanteuxenite	206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodstock	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00008	2370	2350	2360±10	U-Pb	tanteuxenite	206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodstock	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00009	2815	2765	2790±25	Pb-Pb	tanteuxenite	206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodstock	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00010	2615	2565	2590±25	U-Pb	tanteuxenite	206407	Pinga Creek Pegmatite Field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Woodstock	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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