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Locality Name:
Paddington (Gudarra), Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 252644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paddington (Gudarra), Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arrow Proprietary Gold Mine (New Arrow Proprietary; Proprietary; Paddington Extended; Gaul; Masterpiece)
Indarra Gold Mine (Recovery)
Lone Oak Gold Mine
Minnie Palmer Gold Mine (Paddington South)
Mona Gold Mine
Mount Corlic Gold Mine (Mount Corlac; Mount Colac)
Mountain Maid Gold Mine
Paddington Consols Gold Mine
Paddington Gold Mine (Paddington 1; Paddington 2)
Pakeha Gold Mine (Paddington Pakeha)
Pangalo Gold Mine
Quartz Hill Gold Mine
Rona Lucilo Gold Mine
Star Of W.A. Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°29'44"S
Longitude: 121°21'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.495555555556,121.35694444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalcTourmaline

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)268026001166508803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2268026001166503092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)268026001166501036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)426802600116650708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26802600216649,166509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2268026001166505509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2680260011665027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22680260011665027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)268026001166508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2680260011665024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)268026001166507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu268026001116642,16643,16644,16645,16646,16647,16648,16649,16650,16651,1665530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC26802600216649,166502812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32680260011665014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3268026001166505433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42680260011665014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22680260011665012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2268026001166505674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22680260011665017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22680260011665039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8268026001166509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226802600316647,16650,1665561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2268026001166505614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)268026001166504894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)268026001166502705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O268026001166501153
Silver  (*)CopperAg268026001166505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2680260011665021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2268026001166503337


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG90_845-00003267826702674±4Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Hg-0011726802600 Ar-Ar, U-Pb high   YesColoradoiteHg223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 

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