Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.96
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.68

mindat Locality ID: 236446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Abbotsford
Collingwood
Fairfield
Richmond

Latitude: 37°48'9"S
Longitude: 145°0'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.8025,145.00138888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Thomsonite	Vivianite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Huntite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Opal ()*	Phillipsite-Na ()*	Quartz ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Gypsum Harmotome Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Thomsonite Vivianite

15 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	3.96	2.23	4	14027,14032,14034,14035	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3.96	2.23	5	14024,14027,14029,14031,14032	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3.96	2.23	7	14024,14027,14029,14031,14032,14034,14035	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			2	14030,14034	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	3.96	2.23	6	14024,14027,14029,14030,14035,14036	66
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	3.96	2.23	3	14024,14027,14029	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3.96	2.23	1	14027	6890
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	3.96	2.23	1	14027	69
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			2	14032,14034	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	3.96	2.23	3	14024,14027,14029	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3.96	2.23	1	14027	2994
Phillipsite-Na ()*	Harmotome	Na₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	3.96	2.23	4	14024,14027,14029,14030	27
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	14034	61156
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3.96	2.23	1	14027	452
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	14034	636

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000274	Cite specified as immediately to the north of Melbourne
Giersdorf_00000275	Cite specified as immediately to the north of Melbourne
Giersdorf_00000276	Location cited is referred to as west of the Merri Creek, the Corporation Quarries are immediately to the west of the Merri Creek and are also part of the Newer Volcanic Group
Giersdorf_00000277	Location cited is referred to as west of the Merri Creek, the Corporation Quarries are immediately to the west of the Merri Creek and are also part of the Newer Volcanic Group
Giersdorf_00000278	Location cited is referred to as west of the Merri Creek, the Corporation Quarries are immediately to the west of the Merri Creek and are also part of the Newer Volcanic Group
Giersdorf_00000279	Location cited is referred to as west of the Merri Creek, the Corporation Quarries are immediately to the west of the Merri Creek and are also part of the Newer Volcanic Group
Giersdorf_00000280	Location cited is referred to as west of the Merri Creek, the Corporation Quarries are immediately to the west of the Merri Creek and are also part of the Newer Volcanic Group

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000274	1	0.84	0.92±0.08	K-Ar		87-187	276868	Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia	Lalor	Gray et al. (2009)	10.1080/08120090802547066	AJES56_245
Giersdorf_00000275	0.76	0.68	0.72±0.04	K-Ar		87-189	276868	Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia	Reservoir	Gray et al. (2009)	10.1080/08120090802547066	AJES56_245
Giersdorf_00000276	2.41	2.31	2.36±0.05	K-Ar	lava flow	87-193	64	Corporation Quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia	Broadmeadows	Gray et al. (2009)	10.1080/08120090802547066	AJES56_245	One of three very similar samples of good quality with an average dated age of 2.31+/-0.03 that are thought to be from a single volcanic flow. The three samples in question (87-193, 211, and 213 respectively) were collected over a 15 km radius to the west of the Merri Creek
Giersdorf_00000277	3.96	3.86	3.91±0.05	K-Ar	lava flow	87-194	64	Corporation Quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia	Broadmeadows	Gray et al. (2009)	10.1080/08120090802547066	AJES56_245	One of two samples from poor-quality outcrops which lead the author to believe that there is an older volcanic flow underneath the area which sample 87-193 was collected. The samples from 87-183, 211, and 213 were all surface level rocks which were collected while the 194 and 195 samples were found in a more eroded outcrop.
Giersdorf_00000278	3.86	3.76	3.81±0.05	K-Ar	lava flow	87-195	64	Corporation Quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia	Broadmeadows	Gray et al. (2009)	10.1080/08120090802547066	AJES56_245	One of two samples from poor-quality outcrops which lead the author to believe that there is an older volcanic flow underneath the area which sample 87-193 was collected. The samples from 87-183, 211, and 213 were all surface level rocks which were collected while the 194 and 195 samples were found in a more eroded outcrop.
Giersdorf_00000279	2.34	2.26	2.3±0.04	K-Ar	lava flow	87-211	64	Corporation Quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia	Craigieburn	Gray et al. (2009)	10.1080/08120090802547066	AJES56_245	One of three very similar samples of good quality with an average dated age of 2.31+/-0.03 that are thought to be from a single volcanic flow. The three samples in question (87-193, 211, and 213 respectively) were collected over a 15 km radius to the west of the Merri Creek
Giersdorf_00000280	2.33	2.23	2.28±0.05	K-Ar	lava flow	87-213	64	Corporation Quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City Of Yarra, Victoria, Australia	Donnybrook	Gray et al. (2009)	10.1080/08120090802547066	AJES56_245	One of three very similar samples of good quality with an average dated age of 2.31+/-0.03 that are thought to be from a single volcanic flow. The three samples in question (87-193, 211, and 213 respectively) were collected over a 15 km radius to the west of the Merri Creek

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