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Locality Name:
Lake Miranda, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 259638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Miranda, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°40'33"S
Longitude: 120°31'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.675833333333,120.52416666667

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	None

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 C Ca H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Mica None

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Muscovite ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2710	2700	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2710	2700	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2710	2700	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2710	2700	6890
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	17380
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2700	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG105_1057_030	Also see: DOI 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6

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
	EG105_1057_030	2710	2700	2710-2700							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	205671	Agnew Gold Mine (Waroonga Underground Complex; Waroonga; Waroonga South; 450 South; EMU; Woronga), Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Agnew-Wiluna Belt	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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