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Locality Name:
Greenbushes Sn Placers, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2529
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1100

mindat Locality ID: 222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenbushes Sn Placers, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°51'15"S
Longitude: 116°3'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.854166666667,116.06111111111

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 B Cu Fe H Li Mg Mn O P Sb Si Sn Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Cu Fe H Li Mg Mn O P Sb Si Sn Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleColumbiteDumortieriteNoneRutileTapioliteTurquoise

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Holmquistite  (*)Holtite  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22529110005171
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)225292525042
Holtite  (*)Dumortierite(Ta0.6   0.4)Al6BSi3O182529110006
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO425291100053
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O625291100088
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O252911000484
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O825291100078



3 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
Alexandra-0373252925252527 ± 2207Pb/206PbAge of pegmatitezircon104055 YesZirconAlbite, Cassiterite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz, SpodumeneTa, Li185843Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaGreenbushes pegmatePartington et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616EG90_616temperature 890-690 C
Alexandra-0374243024002430-2400U-PbAge of metamorphismzircon  YesZirconBeryl, Cassiterite, Microlite, Muscovite, SpodumeneTa185843Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaGreenbushes pegmatePartington et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616EG90_616temperature 680 С
Alexandra-0375110011001100U-PbAge of metamorphismzircon  YesZirconCassiterite, MuscoviteTa185843Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaGreenbushes pegmatePartington et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616EG90_616temperature 620 С


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