Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Epidote Occurrence, Turee Creek Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2480
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2450

mindat Locality ID: 252071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Epidote Occurrence, Turee Creek Station, Ashburton 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.

Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Quartz

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 Ca Fe H O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clinozoisite Epidote None Quartz

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Epidote ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2480	2450	0		8173
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2480	2450	0		61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000222	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

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
	Giersdorf_00000222	2480	2450	2480-2450		Felsic and Mafic ages are indistinguishable through current dating techniques, suggesting bimodal volcanic activity in the area					Yes				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	BIF overlying the Brockman BIF, part of the Hamersley group, ages of the felsic and mafic units in this stratigraphy are indistinguishable from each other, suggesting a contemporaneous formation time.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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