Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murchison Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 22753
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22753.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murchison Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Byro Station
Mardagee Station
Milly Milly Station
Murgoo Station
Nookawarra Station
Twin Peaks Station

Latitude: 26°33'40"S
Longitude: 116°32'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.561111111111,116.53361111111

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Iron Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	18145	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	18143	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	18138,18143	1310
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	18132	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	18132,18147	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	18143	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	18133,18140,18143	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	18147	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	18132	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	18137	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	18147	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	18147	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	18135	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	18144	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	18137	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	18137	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	18139	1089
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	18138,18143	1507
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	18132	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	18137,18143,18144	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	18147	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	18132	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	18138,18143,18147	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	18131,18133,18134,18145	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	18132	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	18132,18143	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	18147	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	18133,18134,18143,18145,18147	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	18138,18143	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	18147	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	18132	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18145	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	18145	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	18139	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	18143	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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