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Locality Name:
Tropicana Gold Mine, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 250508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tropicana Gold Mine, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Boston Shaker Mine
Crouching Tiger
Havana Deposit
Havana South Deposit
Purple Haze Deposit
Swizzler (Tropicana South)
Tropicana Deposit

Latitude: 29°11'44"S
Longitude: 124°35'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.195555555556,124.58888888889
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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTitaniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11791930554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2117919223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411791914899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211791917380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211791939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81179199056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211791961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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