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Locality Name:
Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2724
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2595

mindat Locality ID: 24890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Boddington Mine
Saddleback Mine (Worsley)

Latitude: 32°47'34"S
Longitude: 116°23'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.792777777778,116.39916666667

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubanite
EpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlandite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelTetradymiteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Maldonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saddlebackite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Stützite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)2272425951149623419
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S22724259511496228
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe27242595114962489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2272425951149622162
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S82724259511496267
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS272425951149629052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi272425951149621966
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb27242595114962175
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S272425951149625707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22724259511496227198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe27242595114962281
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)272425951149621025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS27242595114962966
Copper  (*)CopperCu272425951149623846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S327242595114962802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O272425951149622970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)272425951149628173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2272425951149629617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2724259511496224243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)327242595114962504
Gold  (*)CopperAu2724259511496230554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te327242595114962104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32724259511496214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te27242595114962804
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S32724259511496254
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3272425951149625433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)427242595214962,149635591
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)32724259511496230
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O427242595114962229
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22724259511496212537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi2724259511496288
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2272425951149625800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22724259511496217380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se27242595114962192
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8272425951149621512
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te32724259511496257
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22724259511496239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8272425951149629056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227242595214962,1496361156
Saddlebackite  (*)TetradymitePb2Bi2Te2S3272425951149623
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)272425951149624894
Silver  (*)CopperAg272425951149625186
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)2724259511496292
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te327242595114962276
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O272425951149624899
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe27242595114962100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S427242595114962380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe22724259511496264
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)272425951149625251



10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00093266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00094266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00095266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00096266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00097272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00098272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00099272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00100272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00101266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00102272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 


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