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Locality Name:
Mulgul Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1640
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1640

mindat Locality ID: 248195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mulgul Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Abra Deposit
Mulgul Prospect
Quartzite Well

Latitude: 24°40'39"S
Longitude: 118°25'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.6775,118.42111111111

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

20 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1640	1640	1	17549	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1640	1640	1	17549	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1640	1640	1	17549	1089
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	17551	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1640	1640	2	17549,17551	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	17550	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	17551	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	17550	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1640	1640	3	17549,17550,17551	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1640	1640	2	17549,17551	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1640	1640	1	17549	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1640	1640	1	17549	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1640	1640	1	17549	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	17550	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1640	1640	2	17549,17551	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1640	1640	2	17549,17550	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1640	1640	1	17549	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1640	1640	2	17549,17551	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1640	1640	2	17549,17551	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1640	1640	1	17549	5317

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
	sedznpb-00009	1640	1640	1640											121008	Abra Deposit, Mulgul Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Abra	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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