Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Gingin Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 238135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gingin Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boonanarring (Atlas) Mineral Sands Prospect
Gingin (Molecap Hill; Poison Hill; MacInytre Gully)
McCalls Mineral Sands Prospect

Latitude: 31°13'59"S
Longitude: 115°52'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.233055555556,115.87111111111

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	Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Dufrénite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	None	Quartz
Rutile	Vivianite	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 F Fe H K O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Calcite Clay Corundum Dufrénite Feldspar Kaolinite None Quartz
Rutile Vivianite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gearksutite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2.6	0	1	16364	27770
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	2.6	0	1	16364	139
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2.6	0	1	16364	2740
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	2.6	0	1	16364	68
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2.6	0	1	16364	504
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	16363,16365	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2.6	0	1	16364	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2.6	0	1	16364	4924
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2.6	0	1	16364	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2.6	0	1	16364	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	16363,16365	5614
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2.6	0	1	16364	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	16363,16365	5251

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
	ree-00060	2.6	0	Quaternary											13665	Gingin (Molecap Hill; Poison Hill; MacInytre Gully), Gingin Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Gingin	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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