Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rosie Prospect, Mulga Queen Community Area (Nurra Kurramunoo), Duketon Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 249037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosie Prospect, Mulga Queen Community Area (Nurra Kurramunoo), Duketon Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°37'5"S
Longitude: 122°2'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.618055555556,122.04277777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Spinel	Talc

Altaite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Talc ()*
Violarite ()*

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: Ag As Au Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pt S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pt S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Rocksalt
Spinel Talc

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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