Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kundana Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 240047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kundana Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Barker's Gold Mine
Centenary Gold Mine (South; Strzelecki; Millennium)
Frogs Leg Gold Mine
Hornet Gold Mine
Kurrawang Gold Mine
Moonbeam Gold Mine
North Gold Mine
Pegasus Gold Prospect
Pope John Gold Mine
Raleigh Gold Mine
Rubicon Gold Mine
White Foil Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°43'43"S
Longitude: 121°14'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.728611111111,121.24555555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tourmaline

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tourmaline

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	0		3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2600	0		9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	2680	2600	0		73
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	1	16839	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2600	2	16839,16840	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	12	16830,16831,16832,16833,16834,16835,16836,16837,16838,16839,16840,16841	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	1	16839	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2680	2600	1	16839	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	5	16830,16832,16839,16840,16841	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2680	2600	2	16839,16840	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2680	2600	1	16839	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2680	2600	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2680	2600	2	16839,16840	21482

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
	EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
	Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb		high				Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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