Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 392

mindat Locality ID: 253880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Biggara
Granya
Koetong
Lucyvale
Mitta Mitta
Pine Mountain
Tallandoon
Tallangatta
Thologolong
Walwa

Latitude: 36°12'44"S
Longitude: 147°0'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.212222222222,147.00194444444

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Blödite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kieserite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Topaz	Zircon

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Ilesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jôkokuite ()*	Koechlinite ()*
Manganoblödite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Quartz ()*
Russellite ()*	Rutile ()*	Saléeite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Segnitite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Szmikite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Blödite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kieserite Mica Molybdenite None
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Starkeyite Stibnite Topaz Zircon

35 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
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	14685	706
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	14671	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	408	392	1	14686	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	408	392	1	14686	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	14669	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			3	14673,14681,14689	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	14669	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	408	392	2	14669,14686	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	408	392	1	14686	4165
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	14669	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			3	14675,14683,14689	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	408	392	3	14679,14686,14690	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	14671,14679	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	14673	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	408	392	2	14679,14686	6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	408	392	1	14686	469
Ilesite ()*	Starkeyite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	408	392	1	14686	9
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	14673	5433
Jôkokuite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·5H₂O	408	392	1	14686	7
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	408	392	1	14686	39
Manganoblödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mn(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	0	0	1	14686	2
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	408	392	2	14669,14686	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	408	392	4	14671,14681,14686,14689	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	14671	170
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	408	392	5	14675,14679,14681,14683,14686	61156
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	408	392	1	14686	40
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	14673	5614
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	408	392	1	14686	95
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	408	392	2	14673,14686	4894
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	14671	134
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	14679	21482
Szmikite ()*	Kieserite	Mn(SO₄)·H₂O	408	392	1	14686	14
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	14677	236
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	408	392	1	14686	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	14673	5251

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
	Mo-00254	408	392		Rb-Sr, K-Ar								Koechlinite, Molybdenite	Mo	46171	Womobi Mine, Thologolong, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia		Price et al. (1983); Ramsay and Vandenberg (1986)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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