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Locality Name:
Mount Farmer Mine (Niobe Prospect), Mount Farmer Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2646
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2636

mindat Locality ID: 248995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Farmer Mine (Niobe Prospect), Mount Farmer Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°42'29"S
Longitude: 117°15'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.708055555556,117.26611111111
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 B Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O S Si Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O S Si Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzTopazTourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2646263608803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32646263602353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182646263604286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3264626360214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2646263601966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)264626360716
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6264626360289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)264626360520
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22646263609617
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2646263604924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226462636017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226462636039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226462636061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2646263602705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32646263601214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6264626360688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6264626360211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22646263601476


1 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
Kristen002497264626362641±5  zircon  YesZircon  248992Dalgaranga South Pegmatite, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaDalgaranga-NiobeTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

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