Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morning Star Mine, Woods Point, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 259376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259376.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 37°34'12"S
Longitude: 146°14'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.57,146.2475

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	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Cubanite	Feldspar	Marcasite
Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Kermesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rectorite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corrensite Cubanite Feldspar Marcasite
Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Valleriite Wurtzite

26 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
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	401	373	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	401	373	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	401	373	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	401	373	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	401	373	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	401	373	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	401	373	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	401	373	30554
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	401	373	230
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	401	373	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	401	373	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	401	373	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	401	373	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	401	373	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	401	373	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	401	373	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	401	373	49
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	401	373	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	401	373	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	401	373	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	401	373	369
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	401	373	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	401	373	380

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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