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Locality Name:
Woodlands Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 247085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woodlands Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mount Egerton Meteorite
Postcutters Bore
Teano Range (Teano River)
Woodlands Variscite Deposit (Low Hill; Waldburg Variscite Deposit)

Latitude: 24°41'42"S
Longitude: 117°43'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.695,117.72833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteChalcopyriteClayCopperIronKaoliniteMalachiteNonePhosphosideritePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpinelTurquoiseWarditeWilkmanite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Alunite  (*)Brezinaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Daubréelite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metavariscite  (*)Perryite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS118717312
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6118720966
Brezinaite  (*)WilkmaniteCr3S41187177
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211871927198
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6118720310
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4118717157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61187174135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2218718,187199895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6118717944
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS218718,1871924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11872030554
Iron  (*)IronFe1187171089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61187202228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41187205591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211871912537
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O11872027
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)311871725
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211872039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2218718,1872061156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P118717374
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)118717703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1187171044
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O118720484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O118720301
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O11872058


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070052Mount Egerton Meteorite, Woodlands Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R070052

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