Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wingellina Chrysoprase Prospect, Wingellina Community (Irrunytju), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1080
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1080

mindat Locality ID: 251132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wingellina Chrysoprase Prospect, Wingellina Community (Irrunytju), West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	None	Quartz	Spinel

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: C Cr Fe Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cr Fe Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None Quartz Spinel

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1080	1080	3902
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1080	1080	1487
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1080	1080	61156

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
	EG105_1057_011	1080	1080	1080							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	248201	West Musgrave Block, Ngaanyatjarraku Shire, Western Australia, Australia	West Musgrave	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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