Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Kalgurli Gold Mine, Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 240060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Kalgurli Gold Mine, Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°46'31"S
Longitude: 121°29'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.775277777778,121.49666666667

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	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Emmonsite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kostovite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Melonite ()*	Montanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rickardite ()*	Schorl ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Weissite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Marcasite Melonite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2638	2620	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2600	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2680	2600	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2638	2620	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2680	2600	1382
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	2680	2600	169
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2680	2600	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	9895
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O	2638	2620	34
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	2638	2620	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2600	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2638	2620	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2638	2620	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2600	5433
Kostovite ()*	None	AuCuTe₄	2638	2620	21
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	2638	2620	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2680	2600	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2638	2620	207
Montanite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·nH₂O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)	2638	2620	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2638	2620	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	2638	2620	67
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2680	2600	192
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2638	2620	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	61156
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	2638	2620	52
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2680	2600	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2680	2600	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2680	2600	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	2638	2620	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2680	2600	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2680	2600	5317
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	2638	2620	31

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	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
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
EG90_845-00002	2638	2620	2629±9	Ar-Ar		muscovite	Yes	Muscovite		Au, Te	11401	Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Golden Mile deposit	Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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