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Locality Name:
Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2646
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2590

mindat Locality ID: 248192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 119
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 109

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dalgaranga Station
Kirkalocka Station
Mount Farmer Station
Mount Magnet
Paynesville Goldfield
Windimurra Station

Latitude: 28°5'9"S
Longitude: 117°50'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.085833333333,117.84722222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Cerite	Chlorite	Chloritoid
Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite	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: Ag Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Cerite Chlorite Chloritoid
Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Iron
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite
Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Euclase ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Simpsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Taenite ()*
Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Zircon ()*

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)	2646	2590	4	17992,17993,17999,18032	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2646	2636	1	17999	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	18016	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	17991	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	18025	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			3	17991,18076,18108	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	18106	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2646	2590	2	17992,17999	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	2646	2636	1	17999	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2646	2636	2	17999,18036	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2646	2636	1	17999	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	18032,18090	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2646	2636	1	17993	5171
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	18025	352
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	18017	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	17991,18108	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	17991	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	18016	1756
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2646	2636	1	17999	289
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	18032	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	18071,18091	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2646	2636	1	17999	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	17991	944
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	2590	2590	1	17992	120
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2646	2636	2	17993,17999	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	18108	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			92	17994,17995,17997,18001,18003,18004,18005,18007,18008,18009,18010,18012,18013,18014,18015,18016,18017,18019,18020,18021,18022,18023,18024,18025,18026,18027,18030,18031,18032,18033,18034,18035,18036,18037,18039,18040,18042,18043,18044,18045,18046,18047,18048,18050,18051,18054,18055,18056,18057,18058,18059,18060,18061,18062,18063,18064,18065,18066,18067,18068,18069,18070,18071,18072,18075,18076,18078,18080,18081,18082,18083,18084,18085,18086,18089,18090,18091,18092,18093,18094,18095,18096,18097,18098,18099,18100,18101,18102,18103,18104,18105,18106	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	17991,18078	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	18016	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	18095,18097,18102	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	18016,18050,18078,18108	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	17991,18108	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	17991	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			10	18020,18034,18036,18042,18043,18057,18060,18069,18096,18108	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	18016,18050,18078,18108	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	18106	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	17991	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2646	2590	4	17992,17993,17999,18052	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	18032	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2590	2590	1	17992	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2646	2590	8	17992,17993,17999,18017,18025,18032,18036,18042	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	18012	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	18056,18093	2994
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	17991	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2646	2590	19	17992,17994,17999,18012,18014,18016,18019,18022,18025,18032,18036,18042,18052,18065,18078,18095,18096,18097,18101	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			5	18016,18032,18050,18065,18078	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2646	2590	49	17992,17993,17994,17995,17999,18000,18001,18007,18009,18012,18014,18015,18016,18017,18019,18020,18022,18024,18025,18026,18031,18032,18036,18043,18050,18052,18055,18056,18057,18060,18061,18066,18069,18070,18071,18076,18078,18081,18084,18089,18090,18093,18095,18096,18097,18101,18102,18104,18106	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	17991	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	18078	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2646	2636	1	17999	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	17991	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	18016,18032,18050	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	18014	5186
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2590	2590	1	17992	16
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2646	2636	1	17999	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2646	2636	1	17999	688
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	18025	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3	18010,18025,18032	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	18016	456
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	17991	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	18024,18036	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2646	2636	1	17999	211
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi			1	17991	116
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	18052	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2646	2636	2	17993,17999	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	18001	2562
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	17991	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	17991	1044
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	18010	369
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	18108	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	18052	5251

2 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-00056	2590	2590	2590			high						Euclase	Be	248991	Dalgaranga Mine, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA
	Kristen002497	2646	2636	2641±5				zircon				Zircon			248992	Dalgaranga South Pegmatite, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Dalgaranga-Niobe	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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