Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Camel Hill Pegmatites, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 966
Youngest recorded age at locality: 942

mindat Locality ID: 247071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camel Hill Pegmatites, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°36'42"S
Longitude: 116°23'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.611666666667,116.39083333333

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	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 B Be Bi Ca Ce H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Quartz Tourmaline

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Dravite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	966	942	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	966	942	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	966	942	1966
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	966	942	648
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	966	942	414
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	966	942	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	966	942	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	966	942	61156

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
	Bradley_2012_097	966	942	954±12	U/Pb			monazite			Yes				243176	Nardoo Hill (Beryl Hill), Cairn Mining Centre, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	[Gascoyne Complex]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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