Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Little Comet Mine, Woods Point, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 401
Youngest recorded age at locality: 373

mindat Locality ID: 259375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Comet Mine, Woods Point, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°34'44"S
Longitude: 146°16'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.578888888889,146.26722222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rectorite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Clay Copper Corrensite Feldspar Gypsum Malachite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	401	373	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	401	373	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	401	373	9052
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	401	373	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	401	373	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	401	373	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	401	373	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	401	373	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	401	373	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	401	373	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	401	373	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	401	373	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	401	373	49
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	401	373	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	401	373	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	401	373	5317

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
	Scott-OGR13_299-0001	401	373	387±14	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		hornblende			Yes			Au	259377	Cherry Mine, Woods Point, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia	Woods Point Dike Swarm	Foster et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6	OGR13_299

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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