Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mt. Augustus, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1250

mindat Locality ID: 247086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt. Augustus, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Deep Frederick Well
Dunnice Well
McCarthy Find (McCarthy's Find; Koorabooka Creek; Kurabuka Creek)
Mount Genoa (Isabel Well; Mount Isabella)
Yangibana (Gifford Creek Station; Edmund Station)

Latitude: 24°12'21"S
Longitude: 116°48'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.205833333333,116.80888888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Beidellite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Malachite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

27 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1250	1250	1	18704	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1250	1250	1	18704	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	18702,18703	2734
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1250	1250	1	18704	295
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	18702	85
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1250	1250	1	18704	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	18702,18703	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1250	1250	3	18701,18703,18704	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	18702	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	18702	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	18700,18702	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1250	1250	1	18704	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1250	1250	4	18700,18702,18703,18704	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1250	1250	1	18704	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1250	1250	1	18704	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			2	18700,18702	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1250	1250	1	18704	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1250	1250	1	18704	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1250	1250	1	18704	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	18700,18702,18703	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1250	1250	2	18701,18704	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1250	1250	1	18704	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1250	1250	1	18704	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1250	1250	3	18702,18703,18704	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	18702	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	18702	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1250	1250	4	18700,18701,18702,18704	21482

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
	ree-00022	1250	1250	1.25 Ga (U-Pb, zir)	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			121092	Yangibana (Gifford Creek Station; Edmund Station), Mt. Augustus, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Yangibana	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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