Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ararat, Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 518
Youngest recorded age at locality: 518

mindat Locality ID: 24864
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24864.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ararat, Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Challicum Station
Mount Ararat
Mount Challicum
Mount Challicum Lead
Warrayatkin Lead

Latitude: 37°23'1"S
Longitude: 142°57'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.383611111111,142.96388888889

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Vivianite

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: Au Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Vivianite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Copper ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Vivianite ()*

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
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	518	518	1	14556	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	518	518	2	14556,14558	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	14555	2228
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	14559	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	14555	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	14555	61156
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	14559	636

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
	vms-00045	518	518	Cambrian										S	108673	Mount Ararat, Ararat, Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, Australia	Mount Ararat	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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