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Locality Name:
Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3293
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2800

mindat Locality ID: 248962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°8'6"S
Longitude: 119°52'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.135,119.86722222222
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: Al Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O S Si Sn Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O S Si Sn Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMicaNoneQuartzRutile
SphaleriteSpinelStannite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Stannite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3293280008803
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22921281505171
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6329328000289
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23293280009617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43293280005591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O432932800014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3293280004924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)228602800017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO232932800061156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33293280001214
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4329328000668
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6329328000211


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG97_873-00018pegmatite
EG97_873-00019pegmatite
EG97_873-00020pegmatite
EG97_873-00021pegmatite


4 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
EG97_873-00018286028002830±30Rb-Sr muscovite   Muscovite  248962Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMoolyellaSweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00019285528232839±16Pb-Pb cassiterite   Cassiterite  248962Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMoolyellaSweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00020292128152868±53Pb-Pb cassiterite   Cassiterite  248962Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMoolyellaSweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00021329328433068±225Pb-Pb apatite     248962Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMoolyellaSweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 

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