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Locality Name:
Mount Ida Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 263631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Ida Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Bellbird Gold Mine
Black Kite Gold Prospect
Bottle Creek Gold Mine
Boudie Rat Gold Mine
David Copperfield Gold Mine (Copperfield; Mount Ida)
Elsie May Gold Mine
Federation Gold Mine
Forrest Belle Gold Mine (Mount Ida Reward)
Gold Rock Gold Mine
Golden Vale Gold Mine
Hoskin's Find Gold Mine
Meteor Gold Mine
Pianto Gold Mine
Quinn Hills Gold Mine
Rio Tinto Gold Mine
Sandstone Gold Mine
Spotted Dog Gold Prospect
Timoni Gold Mine
Unexpected Gold Mine
Unexpected South Gold Mine

Latitude: 29°7'26"S
Longitude: 120°29'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.123888888889,120.49805555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Ir K Mg O Os Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	17861	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	17861	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	17861	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	17861	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	17861	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	17870	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	17861	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	17861	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	17861	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	17861,17862,17863,17865,17866,17870	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	17861	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	17861,17862	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	17866	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	17861	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	19	17859,17860,17861,17862,17863,17864,17865,17866,17868,17869,17870,17871,17872,17873,17874,17875,17876,17877,17878	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17861	14640
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	17863	162
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	17861	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17861	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	17870	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	17861	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	17861,17862	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	17863	169
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	17861,17862,17863,17876	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	17861,17862	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	17861,17862,17864,17870,17871,17873,17876	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	17861	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	17861	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	17861	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	17861	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	17861	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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