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Locality Name:
Victoria Plains Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 248211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Victoria Plains Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bolgart
New Norcia

Latitude: 31°11'45"S
Longitude: 116°22'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.195833333333,116.36972222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCopperMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartz
TalcUllmannite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Majakite  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21187653419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211876527198
Gold  (*)CopperAu11876230554
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs11876522
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe118765114
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21187625800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81187651512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211876539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81187659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211876561156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2118765337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21187633337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21187652562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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