Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 444
Youngest recorded age at locality: 374

mindat Locality ID: 259408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia": 63
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Castlemaine
Chewton
Drummond North
Elphinstone
Fryerstown
Glenluce
Harcourt North
Maldon

Latitude: 37°5'46"S
Longitude: 144°14'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.096111111111,144.24055555556

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beraunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite
Phosphofibrite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Stilbite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wardite	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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Apophyllite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beraunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Dufrénite Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite
Phosphofibrite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite
Stilbite Tetradymite Titanite Tourmaline Wardite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurostibite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jonassonite ()*	Joséite-A ()*
Joséite-B ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Meurigite-Na ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	378	374	1	14483	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	14458,14462	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	378	374	1	14486	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	378	374	1	14483	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	444	438	3	14442,14443,14474	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	378	374	1	14483	73
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)			1	14482	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	378	374	2	14483,14492	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O			1	14434	136
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	378	374	4	14446,14448,14483,14488	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	378	374	3	14446,14448,14483	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	14482	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	14448	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	14448,14481	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	444	438	1	14443	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	378	374	1	14486	1008
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	14434	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	378	374	1	14494	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	378	374	1	14485	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	378	374	1	14494	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	14482	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	14448	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	444	438	2	14443,14465	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	14434,14470	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	444	374	24	14439,14441,14443,14446,14447,14448,14450,14451,14453,14458,14464,14466,14467,14468,14469,14472,14474,14478,14479,14483,14486,14488,14489,14491	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	378	374	1	14487	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	378	374	1	14483	104
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	14457	5433
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	378	374	1	14483	19
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	378	374	1	14483	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	378	374	1	14483	86
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	14462	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	14434	210
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	14458	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	378	374	5	14483,14488,14489,14491,14494	88
Meurigite-Na ()*	Phosphofibrite	[Na(H₂O)_2.5][Fe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇(H₂O)₄]			1	14434	7
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	378	374	2	14481,14483	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	14446,14448,14451	17380
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	14434	46
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	444	438	1	14443	767
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	378	374	1	14484	428
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	378	374	1	14485	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	444	374	13	14443,14446,14447,14448,14451,14458,14464,14467,14468,14472,14486,14487,14492	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	14437	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	444	374	3	14443,14448,14486	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	444	374	26	14437,14442,14443,14446,14447,14448,14451,14453,14458,14462,14464,14465,14466,14468,14469,14471,14472,14474,14476,14478,14483,14486,14487,14488,14492,14494	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	378	374	2	14457,14483	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	378	374	2	14448,14494	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	14481	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	14442	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	378	374	1	14492	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	444	438	2	14443,14458	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	14482	189
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	14458	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3	14446,14448,14451	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	14482	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	14457	5251

2 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_299-0003	444	438	441±3	40Ar-39Ar	age of mineralization		sericite	LTU12006					Au	204980	Wattle Gully Gold Mine (Wattle Gully Quartz Mine), Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia	Wattle Gully	Foster et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6	OGR13_299
	Mo-00146	378	374	376±2	Re-Os			molybdenite	M-1			Molybdenite		Mo	15332	Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia	Maldon	Arne et al. (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455	EG96_1455

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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