Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 374
Youngest recorded age at locality: 370

mindat Locality ID: 225842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Fumina South
Jericho
Jindivick
Walhalla
Willow Grove
Willow Grove Ataxite
Yarragon

Latitude: 37°59'55"S
Longitude: 146°10'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.998611111111,146.17666666667

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite
Diaspore	Erionite	Harmotome	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Lévyne	Malachite	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite
Wurtzite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Erionite-Ca ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*	Maghemite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Millerite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Offretite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite
Diaspore Erionite Harmotome Hydrotalcite Iron Lévyne Malachite Melonite Millerite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tetrahedrite Thomsonite
Wurtzite

37 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	13488	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	13493	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	374	370	1	13491	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	374	370	1	13491	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	374	370	2	13488,13491	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			1	13488	310
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	374	370	1	13491	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	374	370	1	13491	27198
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O			1	13488	84
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	374	370	1	13491	802
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O			1	13487	31
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	374	370	1	13491	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	374	370	2	13491,13494	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	374	370	2	13485,13491	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	374	370	1	13491	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	13494	1089
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O			1	13488	42
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	13494	229
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	374	370	1	13491	12537
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	374	370	1	13491	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	374	370	1	13491	1066
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	13488	1508
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O			2	13488,13493	146
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	374	370	1	13491	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	374	370	1	13491	1512
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	13488	75
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	374	370	1	13491	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	374	370	1	13491	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	374	370	1	13491	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	13494	48
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	13494	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	13493	6417
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	374	370	1	13491	337
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	13494	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	374	370	1	13491	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			2	13488,13493	452
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	374	370	1	13491	380

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
	Scott-OGR13_299-0006	374	370	372±2	40Ar-39Ar	age of mineralization		sericite	LTU12558					Au	187885	Walhalla, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia	Walhalla	Foster et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6	OGR13_299

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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