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Locality Name:
Golden Grove Mine, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 217014
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217014.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Grove Mine, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gossan Hill Cu-Zn Deposit
Scuddles Deposit

Latitude: 28°45'43"S
Longitude: 116°57'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.761944444444,116.95222222222

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Feldspar Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4000	2500	1	18970	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	4000	2500	1	18969	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	1	18969	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4000	2500	1	18969	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4000	2500	1	18969	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4000	2500	1	18969	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	4000	2500	1	18969	376
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	4000	2500	1	18969	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4000	2500	1	18969	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	4000	2500	1	18969	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	1	18969	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	1	18969	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4000	2500	1	18969	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	4000	2500	1	18970	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4000	2500	1	18969	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	4000	2500	1	18969	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4000	2500	1	18969	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	4000	2500	1	18969	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4000	2500	1	18969	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4000	2500	2	18969,18970	5317

2 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
	vms-00051	4000	2500	Archean											109677	Gossan Hill Cu-Zn Deposit, Golden Grove Mine, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Golden Grove (Gossan Hill)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00052	4000	2500	Archean											109676	Scuddles Deposit, Golden Grove Mine, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Golden Grove (Scuddles)	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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