Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lewis Rock Hole Pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2840
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2818

mindat Locality ID: 248950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lewis Rock Hole Pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°9'10"S
Longitude: 118°39'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.152777777778,118.65638888889

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.

Arseniosiderite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Coronadite	Feldspar	Garnet	Hureaulite	Mica	None
Olivine	Quartz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Coronadite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Purpurite ()*	Quartz ()*	Robertsite ()*
Sabugalite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sicklerite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Strengite ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

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 B Be Ca Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb Si Ta U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb Si Ta U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arseniosiderite Beryl Clay Columbite Coronadite Feldspar Garnet Hureaulite Mica None
Olivine Quartz Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2840	2818	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2840	2818	4286
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	2840	2818	227
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	2840	2818	125
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2840	2818	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2840	2818	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2840	2818	17380
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	2840	2818	80
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2840	2818	61156
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	2840	2818	36
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	2840	2818	87
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2840	2818	2705
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2840	2818	66
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2840	2818	1214
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2840	2818	263
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2840	2818	211

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
	Bradley_2012_150	2840	2818	2829±11	Pb/Pb			columbite, tantalite			Yes				12565	Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina Pegmatite; Main Tantalite Dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wodgina	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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