Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2835
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2835

mindat Locality ID: 247056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bright Star Tin Mine (Comet)
Congo
Edie Emma
G.J. Hooley's Columbite Lode (Numbana)
North Francisco
Southern Cross
The Francisco
Valieare

Latitude: 21°21'52"S
Longitude: 118°33'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.364444444444,118.55666666667

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.

Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz	Rutile	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Purpurite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ta Ti Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz Rutile Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Vesuvianite

26 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2835	2835	2	18396,18398	8803
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2835	2835	0		606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2835	2835	2	18398,18401	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2835	2835	1	18398	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2835	2835	0		716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2835	2835	3	18395,18397,18398	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2835	2835	2	18396,18398	289
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2835	2835	0		345
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2835	2835	1	18396	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2835	2835	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2835	2835	0		5433
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2835	2835	1	18396	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2835	2835	1	18398	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2835	2835	2	18397,18398	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2835	2835	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2835	2835	1	18398	17380
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	2835	2835	0		80
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2835	2835	4	18395,18396,18397,18398	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2835	2835	0		5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2835	2835	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2835	2835	0		21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2835	2835	0		1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2835	2835	0		3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2835	2835	0		211
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(TaTi)O₆	2835	2835	0		16
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2835	2835	0		1395

1 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
	Be-00068	2835	2835	2835			high						Bertrandite	Be	247056	Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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