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Locality Name:
Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 240005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°7'24"S
Longitude: 119°13'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.123333333333,119.22361111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: C Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCorundumMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26442608027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226442608027198
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326442608014640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22644260805674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22644260805800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226442608039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82644260809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226442608061156



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002498262626142620±6  zircon   Zircon  240005Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCorinthia-Nevoria (Mount Hope)Tkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 
Kristen002499264426082626±18Sm/Nd albite, garnet     240005Corinthia Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaCorinthia-Nevoria (Mount Hope)Tkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 


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