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Locality Name:
Gullewa Goldfield, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 264369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gullewa Goldfield, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Deflector Mine
Golden Stream Mine
King Solomon Mine (New Phoenix)
Michelangelo Mine
Monarch Mine
Mugga King Deposit
Rock Steady Mine
Shannadoah Workings

Latitude: 28°40'13"S
Longitude: 116°18'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.670277777778,116.31083333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeDigeniteMalachiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinelTalc

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21189725509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1189725707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2218972,1897427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1189723531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1189723846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1189722970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1189721027
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1189727437
Gold  (*)CopperAu818972,18973,18974,18975,18976,18977,18978,1897930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311897814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411897314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211897212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211897517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2318972,18974,1897739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8218972,189749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2718972,18974,18975,18976,18977,18978,1897961156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21189733337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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