Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 252634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Argo Gold Mine
Bellevue Gold Mine (Dove)
Butterfly East Gold Mine
Butterfly West Gold Mine
Celebration Gold Mine
Daisy Gold Mine (Hampton Daisy; Slavin's Hampton Daisy)
Dawn's Hope Gold Mine
Early Bird Gold Mine
Feysville Gold Mine (Feysville Gold Area)
Golden Chief Gold Mine
Golden Hope Gold Mine
Hampton-Boulder Gold Mine
Indian Gold Mine (Red Indian Line)
Jubilee Gold Mine
Jubilee West Gold Mine
Mount Goddard Gold Mine
Mount Martin Gold Mine
Mt Marion Gold Mine
Mt Marion West Gold Mine
Mutooroo Gold Mine (Hansen's Central; Hampton Belle)
New Celebration Gold Mine
Peaceful Gift Gold Mine
Pernatty Gold Mine (Pernatty Central)
Resolution Gold Mine
Ringneck Gold Mine (Grundy's Gully)
Triumph Gold Prospect (Hampton Triumph)
White Hope Gold Mine

Latitude: 31°2'29"S
Longitude: 121°35'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.041388888889,121.59694444444

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	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Melonite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*
Xonotlite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Melonite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Tourmaline

22 IMA Minerals at location:

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)	2680	2600	1	17009	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2680	2600	1	17025	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	1	17025	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2680	2600	1	17031	1036
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2680	2600	1	17025	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	2	17009,17031	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	1	17031	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2680	2600	1	17009	648
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	16	17006,17009,17010,17011,17013,17014,17015,17017,17021,17022,17024,17025,17027,17029,17030,17031	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2680	2600	1	17025	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2600	1	17031	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2680	2600	1	17009	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2680	2600	1	17025	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2680	2600	1	17025	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	2	17009,17025	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2680	2600	1	17009	471
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2680	2600	1	17025	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	2	17025,17031	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	7	17009,17013,17021,17024,17025,17030,17031	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	2	17021,17022	3337
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	17022	109
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2680	2600	1	17031	1025

2 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
	EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
	Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb		high				Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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