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Locality Name:
Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 211910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Agnew Gold Mine (Waroonga Underground Complex; Waroonga; Waroonga South; 450 South; EMU; Woronga)
Bounty Gold Mine
Brilliant Gold Mine
Caroline Gold Mine
Cinderella Gold Mine
Claudius Creek Gold Mine
Cox-Crusader Gold Mine
Cox-Deliverer Gold Mine (North Cox)
Daisy Queen Gold Mine (Queen)
Dobra Serica Gold Mine
Donegal Gold Mine
Fairyland Gold Mine
Golden Swan Gold Mine
Great Eastern Gold Mine
Hidden Secret Gold Mine (Glasgow Lass)
Lawlers East Gold Mine
Mark Twain Gold Mine
McCafferty Gold Mine
New Holland-Genesis Gold Mine
North Gold Mine
Redeemer Gold Mine
Selena Gold Mine
Songvang Gold Mine
Sunrise-Birthday Gold Mine
Turret Gold Mine
Vivien Gold Mine
Weight Hill Gold Mine
White Hope Gold Prospect (New Find)

Latitude: 28°2'45"S
Longitude: 120°31'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.045833333333,120.53111111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite

29 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	4	17201,17219,17221,17223	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2710	2700	1	17219	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2710	2700	1	17207	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	1	17207	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2710	2700	6	17201,17210,17219,17221,17225,17226	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2710	2700	2	17204,17225	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2710	2700	2	17201,17219	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	6	17201,17207,17219,17221,17223,17225	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2710	2700	1	17207	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2700	2	17207,17208	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2710	2700	1	17223	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2710	2700	4	17201,17210,17219,17226	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2710	2700	26	17201,17202,17203,17204,17205,17206,17207,17208,17209,17210,17211,17212,17213,17214,17215,17216,17218,17219,17221,17222,17223,17224,17225,17226,17227,17228	30554
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	2710	2700	1	17201	144
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2710	2700	1	17221	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2710	2700	2	17225,17226	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2710	2700	1	17207	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2710	2700	2	17207,17208	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2710	2700	1	17221	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2700	8	17201,17204,17207,17210,17223,17224,17225,17226	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2710	2700	4	17207,17221,17225,17226	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2710	2700	13	17201,17204,17207,17209,17210,17213,17214,17215,17219,17221,17223,17224,17226	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2710	2700	1	17221	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2710	2700	2	17207,17221	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2710	2700	2	17223,17225	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2710	2700	1	17201	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	6	17201,17207,17216,17221,17224,17225	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2710	2700	1	17223	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	1	17221	2562

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG105_1057_030	Also see: DOI 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6

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
	EG105_1057_030	2710	2700	2710-2700										Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	205671	Agnew Gold Mine (Waroonga Underground Complex; Waroonga; Waroonga South; 450 South; EMU; Woronga), Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Agnew-Wiluna Belt	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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