Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wingellina Community (Irrunytju), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1080
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1080

mindat Locality ID: 248203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wingellina Community (Irrunytju), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Michael Hills Cu Project
Picrite Hill
Wingellina Chrysoprase Prospect
Wingellina Ni-Laterite Deposit

Latitude: 26°9'20"S
Longitude: 128°57'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.155555555556,128.95027777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

Anorthite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Augite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ernienickelite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jianshuiite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel

24 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
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1080	1080	1	18183	1036
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1080	1080	1	18185	143
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1080	1080	1	18183	2060
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1080	1080	1	18185	178
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1080	1080	1	18182	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1080	1080	2	18184,18185	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1080	1080	1	18183	94
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1080	1080	1	18183	944
Ernienickelite ()*	None	NiMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1080	1080	1	18185	6
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1080	1080	1	18185	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1080	1080	1	18185	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1080	1080	2	18182,18185	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1080	1080	1	18182	5433
Jianshuiite ()*	None	MgMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1080	1080	1	18185	5
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1080	1080	1	18185	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1080	1080	1	18185	210
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1080	1080	1	18184	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1080	1080	1	18182	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1080	1080	1	18182	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1080	1080	1	18185	770
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1080	1080	1	18182	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1080	1080	1	18184	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1080	1080	1	18185	312
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1080	1080	1	18183	1516

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
	EG105_1057_011	1080	1080	1080							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	248201	West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia	West Musgrave	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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