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Locality Name:
Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1830
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1790

mindat Locality ID: 217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bali East Prospect (Bali Hi East Prospect)
Bali Hi Prospect (Bali High Prospect; The Anticline)
Bali Lo Copper Mine (Casleys Prospect; Bali Low Prospect)
Bali South
Ledge Prospect
Mineral Claim 84 Cu Deposit (Anticline Prospect)
Mount Blair South Mine
Soldiers Creek Northeast (Donnelly Prospect)
Station Creek Prospect
Stockyard Creek Prospect
Windy Ridge Mine (Tropic Mine)

Latitude: 23°25'24"S
Longitude: 116°58'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.423333333333,116.97416666667
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: Ag Al As Ba Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBrackebuschite
BrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteCerchiaraiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteClayConnelliteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteGypsumKaoliniteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteNatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeTetrahedriteTurquoise

96 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Aheylite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Arsenogorceixite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Ashburtonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cattiite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Corkite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Luetheite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mawbyite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Paralaurionite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Perroudite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)17901790214749,14752254
Aheylite  (*)TurquoiseFe2+Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O179017901147492
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)617901790314749,14750,14752966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)179017901147522734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)417901790114752246
Arsenogorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61790179011474915
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS179017901147499052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)17901790214749,1475237
Ashburtonite  (*)CerchiaraiteHCu4Pb4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl179017901147523
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)317901790414747,14749,14752,14756544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)617901790114752919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)218301790514747,14748,14749,14750,147565509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17901790314747,14749,1475011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)217901790214749,14752172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)617901790214749,14752132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)617901790214749,14752413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O717901790114752450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS418301790214748,147525516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)617901790514747,14749,14750,14752,147561633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)617901790214749,14752359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)217901790114752178
Cattiite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)2·22H2O179017901147528
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)417901790214749,1475219
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)18301790314748,14751,147524979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S17901790514747,14749,14750,14751,147575707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O17901790214749,14752197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218301790314748,14749,1475227198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)217901790514747,14749,14750,14752,1475690
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl17901790214750,147521382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O17901790814747,14749,14750,14751,14752,14754,14756,147573531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS17901790314747,14749,147522600
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)317901790214749,14756127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)114747363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O17901790314747,14752,14756295
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)617901790114749151
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)417901790214747,14749109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)417901790414747,14749,14750,14756175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1617901790214749,14752227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS18301790214748,147524165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1617901790114752599
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O1790179011475243
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O17901790314751,14753,147572970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2183018300179
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)41790179011475257
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S18301790214748,147521027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)218301790214748,147499895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)17901790314749,14751,14752220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18301790314748,14749,1475224243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O17901790214749,1475241
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)17901790614747,14749,14750,14751,14752,147567437
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)17901790214749,1475272
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O179017901147526890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317901790714747,14749,14750,14751,14752,14753,1475614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O179017901147521689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)617901790214749,1475257
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)617901790214749,147521066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6179017901147522228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)418301790714747,14748,14749,14750,14751,14752,147565591
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)1790179011475249
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O17901790214749,14752149
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)17901790214749,14752234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)217901790114752987
Luetheite  (*)ChenevixiteCuAl(AsO4)(OH)2179017901147495
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2183017901014747,14748,14749,14750,14751,14752,14753,14754,14756,1475712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2179017901147495674
Mawbyite  (*)NatrochalcitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21790179011474919
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O17901790114749443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O17901790114749182
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl17901790314749,14751,147521107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)17901790114752362
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)17901790514747,14749,14750,14752,14756492
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)617901790314749,14751,1475264
Paralaurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)1790179011475246
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)617901790414747,14749,14752,14756158
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl21790179011474923
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O17901790114752428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)617901790214749,1475251
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO217901790114752158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)617901790114751170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)617901790114752477
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)417901790314747,14749,14752369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218301790314748,14749,1475239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2179017901147493106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl17901790214751,147521725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217901790514751,14753,14754,14755,1475761156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)217901790114752454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O179017901147491153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)179017901147526417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1147475186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs318301790214748,14752531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13179017901147491803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO17901790214751,147521101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1318301790314748,14749,147525317
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O417901790514747,14749,14750,14752,1475666
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O1790179011475229
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4179017901147511655


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000229Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0050183018301830        122740Bali Hi Prospect (Bali High Prospect; The Anticline), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBali Hi Ag–Au–Pb depositPirajno (2004)10.1016/j.precamres.2003.09.010PR128_411 
Giersdorf_00000229179017901790 Postdated age of granites folded into the Ashburton formation   Yes  17597Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMount Tom Price MineTaylor et. al (2001)0361-0128/01/3161/837-37EG96_837Postdated age of the Ashburton formation

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070171Bali Lo Copper Mine (Casleys Prospect; Bali Low Prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R070171

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