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Locality Name:
Tower Hill Gold Mine, Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2764
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2746

mindat Locality ID: 25377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tower Hill Gold Mine, Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°54'14"S
Longitude: 121°19'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.903888888889,121.32555555556
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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRutileStibniteTalcTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52764274601310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2764274609052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32764274601935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227642746027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22764274609895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2764274608173
Gold  (*)CopperAu27642746030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22764274605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227642746017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227642746039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227642746061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22764274605614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22764274603337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132764274605317
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2764274601025


1 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
Mo-00359276427462755±9Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo268308Harbour Lights Gold Mine (Leonora Central), Leonora, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaHarbour Lights (Leonora)Hannah et al. (2007)10.1130/G23538A.1G35_703 

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