Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dalgaranga Mine, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2590
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2590

mindat Locality ID: 248991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dalgaranga Mine, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°42'39"S
Longitude: 117°13'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.710833333333,117.22027777778

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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Be Fe H K Li Na O P S Si Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe H K Li Na O P S Si Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Euclase ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Simpsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2590	2590	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2590	2590	4286
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	2590	2590	120
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2590	2590	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2590	2590	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2590	2590	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2590	2590	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2590	2590	61156
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2590	2590	16

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
	Be-00056	2590	2590	2590			high						Euclase	Be	248991	Dalgaranga Mine, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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