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Locality Name:
Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2667
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2008

mindat Locality ID: 246388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Childe Harold Gold Mine
Edinboro Castle Gold Mine
Goanna Gold Mine
Golden Delicious Gold Mine (Jubilee)
Golden Ring Gold Mine
Granny Smith Gold Mine
Jubilee Alluvial Gold Patch
Keringal Gold Mine (Kerringal Deposit)
Malloch's Well Gold Mine (Rowena)
Mount Weld Mine
Sailor Prince Gold Mine
Sunrise Dam Gold Mine (Sunrise; Cleo)
Wallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case)
Windich Gold Mine

Latitude: 28°54'21"S
Longitude: 122°29'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.905833333333,122.49444444444

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Zinkenite	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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Zinkenite Zircon

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kolarite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(La) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Semseyite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Talc ()*
Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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	2667	2661	2	17194,17195	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	17194	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2667	2661	1	17195	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2667	2661	1	17195	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	17188,17194	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	17188,17194	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2667	2661	1	17195	2060
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂			1	17194	73
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	17194	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	17194	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	17194	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2667	2661	6	17185,17186,17188,17194,17195,17196	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	17194	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	17194	1252
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	2104	2008	1	17192	94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2667	2661	1	17195	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2667	2661	2	17194,17195	3902
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	2104	2008	1	17192	70
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2667	2661	1	17195	1025
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	1	17192	310
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2667	2661	1	17195	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2667	2661	2	17194,17195	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	17194	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	17186	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2667	2661	12	17183,17184,17185,17186,17187,17188,17190,17191,17193,17194,17195,17196	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	1	17192	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2104	2008	1	17192	173
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	17188	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2667	2661	1	17195	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	17194	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2667	2661	1	17195	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2667	2661	7	17183,17185,17186,17188,17194,17195,17196	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	17194	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	17188	5433
Kolarite ()*	None	PbTeCl₂			1	17194	3
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	17190	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2667	2008	4	17188,17192,17194,17195	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂			1	17194	207
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2667	2661	2	17188,17195	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	5800
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)	2104	2008	1	17192	38
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2667	2661	4	17188,17190,17194,17195	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃			1	17194	67
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	17194	767
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	17194	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2667	2661	8	17183,17185,17188,17190,17193,17194,17195,17196	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	17188,17194	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	4894
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁			1	17194	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	17194	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2667	2661	3	17188,17194,17195	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	17194	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	17194	589
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	17190	3337
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃			1	17194	29
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	17194	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2667	2661	2	17194,17195	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	17194	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2667	2661	2	17194,17195	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2104	2008	1	17192	652
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	17188	939
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	17194	228

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001081	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.
Jen_0001082	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.
Jen_0001083	Discovered by aeromagnetic survey; covered by up to 90 m of Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary rocks. MAGMATIC STYLE: 4 km diameter circular plug with some dykes up to 5 km away. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: 0.5 km wide collar of glimmerites.
Jen_0001109	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite and calcite-bearing syenite.

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0001081	2042	2042	2042				146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001082	2104	2024	2064±40	K-Ar	biotite		146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001083	2034	2008	2021±13	Rb-Sr			146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00021	2064	2064	2064 Ma				146192	Mount Weld Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Weld	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0001109	2667	2661	2,664±3	U-Pb	titanite	Titanite	190836	Wallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case), Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wallaby	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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