Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 24760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bacchus Marsh
Ballan
Blackwood
Buninyong
Dunnstown
Lal Lal
Morrisons
Mount Egerton

Latitude: 37°38'2"S
Longitude: 144°8'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.633888888889,144.14194444444

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	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Laueite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stibnite	Taranakite	Tridymite	Zircon

Allophane ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Corundum ()*	Epsomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gordonite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Parwanite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Taranakite ()*	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: Al As Au C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcioferrite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum
Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Laueite Mica Natrolite None Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stibnite Taranakite Tridymite Zircon

32 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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0	0	1	14391	470
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	14405	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	14394	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0	0	3	14391,14392,14415	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	14394	352
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	14420	1797
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	14394	484
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O			1	14394	66
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0	0	1	14391	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	14410	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			15	14397,14398,14399,14400,14401,14402,14403,14404,14405,14406,14407,14408,14410,14411,14412	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O			1	14415	167
Gordonite ()*	Laueite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	0	0	1	14391	18
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	14394	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	14421	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	14394	230
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	14422	233
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	14390	1487
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	0	0	1	14391	44
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0	0	1	14391	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	14399	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	14422	884
Parwanite ()*	None	NaMg₄Al₈(PO₄)₈(CO₃)(OH)₇·30H₂O	0	0	1	14391	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	14394,14407,14410,14411	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0	0	15	14391,14394,14395,14397,14399,14401,14403,14404,14405,14407,14410,14411,14412,14415,14422	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	14422	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	14401,14407,14411	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	14420	1934
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	14394	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	14394,14405	3418
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	0	0	1	14391	57
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	14420	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_351	Lava tube occurring in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. Recent bat guano deposits allows for phosphate mineralization.

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
	Michelle_351	0	0	0		Age of phosphate mineralization							Taranakite	P	11689	Parwan Lava Caves, Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia	Parwan Lava Cave	Birch et al. (2007)		AJM13_23	Age of phosphate mineralization resulting from bat guano deposition. The Parwan Lava cave belongs to the Late Tertiary age Newer Volcanics system.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R140802	Parwan Lava Caves, Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia	https://rruff.info/R140802

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