Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2724
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2595

mindat Locality ID: 246352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boddington

Latitude: 32°47'34"S
Longitude: 116°23'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.792777777778,116.39916666667

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite
Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ikunolite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laitakarite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Malachite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saddlebackite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Stützite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tsumoite ()*	Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite
Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Tetradymite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

49 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	2724	2595	1	14962	3419
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂	2724	2595	1	14962	28
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2724	2595	1	14962	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2724	2595	1	14962	2162
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2724	2595	1	14962	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2724	2595	1	14962	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2724	2595	1	14962	1966
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	2724	2595	1	14962	175
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2724	2595	1	14962	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2724	2595	1	14962	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2724	2595	1	14962	281
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2724	2595	1	14962	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2724	2595	1	14962	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2724	2595	1	14962	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2724	2595	1	14962	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2724	2595	1	14962	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2724	2595	1	14962	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2724	2595	1	14962	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2724	2595	1	14962	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2724	2595	1	14962	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2724	2595	1	14962	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	2724	2595	1	14962	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2724	2595	1	14962	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2724	2595	1	14962	804
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	2724	2595	1	14962	54
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2724	2595	1	14962	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2724	2595	2	14962,14963	5591
Laitakarite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄(Se,S)₃	2724	2595	1	14962	30
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2724	2595	1	14962	229
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2724	2595	1	14962	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	2724	2595	1	14962	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2724	2595	1	14962	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2724	2595	1	14962	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2724	2595	1	14962	192
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2724	2595	1	14962	1512
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	2724	2595	1	14962	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2724	2595	1	14962	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2724	2595	1	14962	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2724	2595	2	14962,14963	61156
Saddlebackite ()*	Tetradymite	Pb₂Bi₂Te₂S₃	2724	2595	1	14962	3
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2724	2595	1	14962	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2724	2595	1	14962	5186
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	2724	2595	1	14962	92
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2724	2595	1	14962	276
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2724	2595	1	14962	4899
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	2724	2595	1	14962	100
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2724	2595	1	14962	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	2724	2595	1	14962	64
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2724	2595	1	14962	5251

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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 ID
Mo-00093	2663	2595	2629±34	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite		Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00094	2663	2595	2629±34	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite		Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00095	2663	2595	2629±34	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite		Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00096	2663	2595	2629±34	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite		Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00097	2724	2690	2707±17	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite		Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00098	2724	2690	2707±17	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite		Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00099	2724	2690	2707±17	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite		Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00100	2724	2690	2707±17	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite		Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00101	2663	2595	2629±34	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469
Mo-00102	2724	2690	2707±17	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	7624	Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Boddington	Stein et al. (2001)	AGSOGA37_469

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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