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Locality Name:
Madoonga Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 248969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madoonga Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mindoolah
Weld Range

Latitude: 26°55'28"S
Longitude: 117°32'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.924444444444,117.53583333333

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRockbridgeiteSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTitanite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenalite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)
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)21154243419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1154248803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31154251534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1154259052
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)115425161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11542527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211542527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8115425577
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1154241025
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)411542554
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61154254135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21154269895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1154258173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1154277437
Gold  (*)CopperAu215428,1542930554
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)411542561
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6115425741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3315425,15426,1542714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31154255433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4315425,15426,1542714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21154255674
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)211542561
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211542417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211542539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81154259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2315424,15425,1542761156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5115425206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)215425,154266417
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O115425456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21154273337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1154244899



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