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Locality Name:
Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2835
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2750

mindat Locality ID: 248206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Annie's Gap
Egina Copper Mine
Egina Gold Area
Friendly Creek Goldfield
Mount Francisco
Mumbeillina Bluff (Mumbellina)

Latitude: 21°15'35"S
Longitude: 118°15'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.259722222222,118.25666666667

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Atacamite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Arsenic Atacamite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Tourmaline Vesuvianite

40 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)	2835	2750	5	18393,18394,18396,18398,18403	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2770	2770	1	18376	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	18374	544
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2835	2835	1	18394	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2835	2750	5	18393,18394,18398,18401,18403	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2835	2835	2	18394,18398	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2835	2835	1	18394	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2770	2770	2	18378,18382	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2835	2770	5	18393,18394,18395,18397,18398	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2770	2770	1	18376	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2770	2770	2	18376,18378	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2770	2770	3	18374,18376,18382	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2770	2770	1	18376	3531
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2835	2835	3	18394,18396,18398	289
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2835	2835	1	18394	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2770	2770	5	18376,18378,18382,18383,18388	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2770	2770	14	18372,18373,18375,18376,18378,18379,18380,18381,18382,18383,18386,18388,18390,18391	30554
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2835	2835	2	18394,18396	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2835	2835	1	18394	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2835	2835	1	18394	5433
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2835	2835	2	18394,18396	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2835	2770	3	18393,18394,18398	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2770	2770	3	18374,18376,18377	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2835	2835	3	18394,18397,18398	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2835	2835	1	18394	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2835	2835	2	18394,18398	17380
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	2835	2835	1	18394	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2770	2770	7	18374,18376,18378,18379,18382,18383,18391	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2835	2770	14	18374,18376,18378,18379,18381,18382,18383,18391,18393,18394,18395,18396,18397,18398	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2835	2835	1	18394	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2770	2770	1	18377	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2770	2770	1	18393	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2835	2835	1	18394	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2835	2835	1	18394	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2835	2835	1	18394	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2835	2835	1	18394	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2835	2835	1	18394	211
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(TaTi)O₆	2835	2835	1	18394	16
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2770	2770	1	18378	1101
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2835	2835	1	18394	1395

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000216	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	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
Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770	2770		Yes			17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism
Giersdorf_00000216	2750	2750	2750		Yes			17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Overlies the Fortescue group disconformably to unconformably
Be-00068	2835	2835	2835	high		Bertrandite	Be	247056	Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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