Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 21962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Merrimu Quarry
Parwan Lava Caves
Pentland Hills
Pyrites Creek (Coimadai Creek; Pyretes Creek; Pyrete Creek)

Latitude: 37°38'25"S
Longitude: 144°27'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.640277777778,144.455

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Gypsum	Laueite	None
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Stibnite	Taranakite

Allophane ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Felsőbányaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gordonite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kermesite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Parwanite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Taranakite ()*

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 As C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcioferrite Calcite Clay Epsomite Gypsum Laueite None
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Stibnite Taranakite

19 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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0	0	1	14391	470
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	14394	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0	0	2	14391,14392	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	14394	352
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	14394	484
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O			1	14394	66
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0	0	1	14391	2740
Gordonite ()*	Laueite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	0	0	1	14391	18
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	14394	6890
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	14394	230
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	14390	1487
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	0	0	1	14391	44
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0	0	1	14391	1508
Parwanite ()*	None	NaMg₄Al₈(PO₄)₈(CO₃)(OH)₇·30H₂O	0	0	1	14391	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	14394	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0	0	2	14391,14394	61156
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	14394	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	14394	3418
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	0	0	1	14391	57

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_351	Lava tube occurring in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. Recent bat guano deposits allows for phosphate mineralization.

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
	Michelle_351	0	0	0		Age of phosphate mineralization							Taranakite	P	11689	Parwan Lava Caves, Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia	Parwan Lava Cave	Birch et al. (2007)		AJM13_23	Age of phosphate mineralization resulting from bat guano deposition. The Parwan Lava cave belongs to the Late Tertiary age Newer Volcanics system.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R140802	Parwan Lava Caves, Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia	https://rruff.info/R140802

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