Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Plutonic Gold Mine, Neds Creek Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 251487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plutonic Gold Mine, Neds Creek Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bulgera Creek Gold Mine
Keillor 1 Gold Mine (Keilor; K1)
Keillor 2 Gold Mine (Keilor; K2)
Mercuri Gold Mine
Perch Gold Mine
Pidgeon Gold Mine
Plutonic East Gold Mine
Prickley's Gold Mine
Rosella Gold Mine
Salmon Gold Mine
Skyhawk Gold Mine
Speckled Hen Gold Mine

Latitude: 25°11'33"S
Longitude: 119°40'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.1925,119.67027777778

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Talc Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	17589	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	17589,17590,17592,17593,17594,17597,17598,17599	30554
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	17589	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	17589	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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