Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2644
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2608

mindat Locality ID: 238134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Achilles Gold Mine
Athenian Gold Prospect
Bablyonia Gold Prospect
Blackbourne Gold Mine
Corinthia Gold Mine
Cornishman Gold Mine
Fraser's Gold Mine
Golden Bounty Gold Mine
Golden Pig Gold Mine
Greenmount Gold Mine
Hope's Hill Gold Mine
Irene Betty Gold Mine
Maori Lass Gold Mine
Mount Rankin Gold Mine
New Zealand Gully Gold Area
Pilot Gold Mine
Polaris South Gold Mine
Ruapehu Gold Mine
Three Boys Gold Mine
Transvaal Gold Mine
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 31°13'38"S
Longitude: 119°17'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.227222222222,119.29666666667

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinobisvanite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

44 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	19212,19223	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	19214	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	19223	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	19210,19220	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			4	19213,19214,19216,19223	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	19205	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2644	2608	3	19208,19210,19220	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2644	2608	4	19208,19209,19210,19223	27198
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)			1	19224	36
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	19223	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	19223	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	19210	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			5	19209,19210,19212,19220,19223	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	19209,19210	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	19210	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	19212	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			17	19205,19206,19207,19209,19210,19211,19212,19213,19214,19215,19216,19217,19218,19219,19221,19222,19223	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	19216,19223	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	19210,19223	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	19210	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2644	2608	3	19208,19209,19212	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	19210,19220	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	19213	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	19209	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	19223	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	19209,19210,19212	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	19205	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2644	2608	1	19208	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2644	2608	1	19208	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	19214,19223	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	19216	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	19214	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2644	2608	6	19208,19209,19210,19212,19213,19223	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2644	2608	6	19208,19209,19210,19212,19220,19223	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2644	2608	12	19205,19207,19208,19209,19210,19212,19213,19214,19216,19217,19220,19223	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	19213,19220	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	19210	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	19213	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	19210	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	19210,19220,19223	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	19220	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	19209,19210,19220	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	19213	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	19223	1025

2 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
	Kristen002498	2626	2614	2620±6				zircon				Zircon			240005	Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Corinthia-Nevoria (Mount Hope)	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
	Kristen002499	2644	2608	2626±18	Sm/Nd			albite, garnet							240005	Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Corinthia-Nevoria (Mount Hope)	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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