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Locality Name:
Paroo Station Mine (Rosslyn Hill Mine; Magellan Mine; Magellan Deposit), Wiluna, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 216390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paroo Station Mine (Rosslyn Hill Mine; Magellan Mine; Magellan Deposit), Wiluna, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cano Open Pit
Magellan Open Pit

Latitude: 26°30'46"S
Longitude: 119°56'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.512777777778,119.93694444444

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMica
NoneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO20158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60170
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156



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