Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 396
Youngest recorded age at locality: 386

mindat Locality ID: 253869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Berlin Flat
Boort
Brenanah
Burkes Flat
Inglewood
Kingower
Mount Hope
Pyramid Hill
Sebastian Gold Field
Tarnagulla
Wedderburn
Wehla
Wychitella

Latitude: 36°27'16"S
Longitude: 143°48'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.454444444444,143.80527777778

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.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Mica	None	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Berthierite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Edscottite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxycalcioroméite ()*
Iron ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natropharmacosiderite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Taenite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zwieselite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Berthierite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Iron Mica None Pharmacosiderite Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Topaz Tourmaline Triplite

40 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)	396	386	3	14277,14279,14290	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	14279	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	14279	1310
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	14268	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	14295	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄			1	14268	343
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	14279	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	14279	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	14268,14279	27198
Edscottite ()*	None	Fe₅C₂			1	14292	1
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	14279	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	396	386	17	14258,14266,14271,14275,14282,14283,14285,14286,14287,14289,14290,14291,14292,14294,14295,14296,14297	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	14259	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	14264	14640
Hydroxycalcioroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Sb³⁺)₂(Sb⁵⁺,Ti)₂O₆(OH)			1	14268	11
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	14292	1089
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	396	386	1	14288	149
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	14264	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	14279	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	14262,14264,14277,14279	17380
Natropharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	NaFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O	396	386	1	14288	13
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	14262,14277	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	14264,14269,14279	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	14293	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	396	386	3	14266,14279,14290	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	14266	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	396	386	15	14262,14264,14266,14269,14270,14271,14277,14279,14282,14289,14290,14291,14294,14295,14296	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	396	386	2	14262,14290	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	14279	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	14277,14279	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	14292	374
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	14289,14295	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃			1	14268	179
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	14279	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	14268	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	14292	703
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	14279	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	14264	1059
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	14292	1044
Zwieselite ()*	Triplite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)F			1	14279	47

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
	Deep-Dive-other-00030	396	386	391±5		age of Tarnagulla granodiorite									204430	Tarnagulla Goldfield, Tarnagulla, Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia	Tarnagulla goldfield	Bierlein et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00026-7	OGR13_345	age of Tarnagulla granodiorite

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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