Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sebastopol, City Of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 457
Youngest recorded age at locality: 453

mindat Locality ID: 250803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sebastopol, City Of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 58

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
All Saints Mine
Band And Loch United Co.
Band Of Hope And Albion Consols Mine
Central Plateau Extended Mine
Central Plateau Mine
Crescent Freehold Mine
Gay Star Mine
Gays Freehold Mine (Gays Band Of Hope)
Great Redan Extended Mine (Great Extended Company Redan)
Guiding Star Mine
Morgans Freehold Mine
Nelson And Wellington Mine
North Band And Barton Mine
Northern Star Extended Mine
Northern Star Mine
Old Great Extended Mine
Owens Freehold Mine
Phoenix Mine (Queen; Defiance)
Prince Of Wales And Bonshaw United
Prince Of Wales Mine
Sebastopol Plateau No. 1 Mine
Sebastopol Star Mine
Sergeant Freehold Mine
Sir Henry Loch Mine (Sir Henry Loch United)
Smiths Freehold Mine
South Star Extended Mine (South Plateau)
South Star Mine
St. George Mine (St. George United; St. George And Band Of Hope United)
Star Of The East Mine
United Red Jacket Mine
United Working Miners Mine
Williams Freehold Mine

Latitude: 37°35'18"S
Longitude: 143°50'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.588333333333,143.84

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Copper Corundum Feldspar None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	457	453	0		8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	457	453	1	13748	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	457	453	0		2060
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	457	453	2	13760,13772	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	457	453	47	13725,13728,13729,13730,13731,13732,13733,13734,13735,13736,13737,13738,13739,13740,13741,13742,13743,13744,13748,13749,13752,13755,13756,13757,13758,13763,13764,13765,13766,13767,13768,13769,13770,13772,13774,13775,13777,13778,13779,13780,13784,13785,13786,13787,13788,13789,13791	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	457	453	0		5433
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	457	453	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	457	453	2	13752,13772	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	457	453	4	13748,13752,13760,13772	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	457	453	3	13752,13760,13772	21482

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
	Scott-OGR13_299-0004	457	453	455±2	40Ar-39Ar	age of mineralization		sericite	BH-BE-1		Yes			Au	274525	City Of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Ballarat East	Foster et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6	OGR13_299

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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