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Locality Name:
Arltunga Gold Field, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 208603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arltunga Gold Field, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Arltunga Meteorite
Boulder Gold Mine
Central Gold Mine (Central Block)
Christmas Reef Prospects
Claraville Gold Mine
East Gold Mine (East Block)
Excelsior Gold Mine
Extended Gold Mine
Golden Chance Prospect (Golden Chance Gold Mine)
Great Western Gold Mine
Jenkin's Gold Workings
Joker Prospect (Joker Gold Mine)
Luce's White Range Gold Mine
MacDonnell Range Reef (Macdonnell Reef Prospect; MacDonnell Range Gold Mine)
Magdala Gold Mine (Longlead)
North Gold Mine (North Block)
Paddy's Rockhole Fossicking Area
Round Hill Gold Mine
South Gold Mine (South Block)
Valentine's Gold Mine (Valentine Prospect; Valentines Workings)
West Gold Mine (West Block)
Wheal Fortune
White Range Gold Mine
White Range Prospect
Wipe Out Gold Mine (Wipe Out Group)

Latitude: 23°25'47"S
Longitude: 134°44'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.429722222222,134.73944444444

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: Al Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparIron
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelTitaniteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Titanite  (*)Troilite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)310562,10571,1057627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1105585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2210558,1057527198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1105584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1105652970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1105718173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11057124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2210553,10554,10556,10557,10558,10559,10560,10561,10562,10563,10564,10565,10566,10567,10568,10569,10570,10571,10572,10573,10574,1057630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1105652812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311055814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Iron  (*)IronFe1105521089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2310565,10571,1057612537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2310560,10562,1056517380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2710558,10566,10569,10571,10573,10575,1057639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21910553,10554,10555,10557,10558,10559,10560,10562,10564,10565,10566,10567,10569,10570,10571,10572,10573,10575,1057661156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P110552374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1105716417
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)110552703
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1105521044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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