Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Dimer Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 248771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Dimer Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Aurora Gold Mine
Boorabbin Rock Quarry
Carina Iron Ore Mine
Frodo Gold Mine
Golden Slipper Gold Mine
Karli West Gold Mine
L1 Gold Mine
L2 Gold Mine
L3 Gold Mine
L4 Gold Mine
Ryan's Find Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°30'38"S
Longitude: 119°53'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.510555555556,119.89555555556

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	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	19154	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	19153	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	19154	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	19162	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	19154	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	19154	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	19153	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	19153	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	19154	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	19154	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	19154	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	19153	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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