Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wittenoom Gorge, Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2450

mindat Locality ID: 264570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wittenoom Gorge, Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wittenoom Gorge Mine

Latitude: 22°18'30"S
Longitude: 118°19'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.308333333333,118.32166666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Stilpnomelane	Talc

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Mica None Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Stilpnomelane Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Siderite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*

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
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2600	2450	1	14927	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2600	2450	1	14927	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2600	2450	1	14927	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2600	2450	1	14927	14899
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2600	2450	1	14927	61
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2600	2450	1	14927	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2600	2450	1	14927	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2450	1	14927	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2600	2450	1	14927	375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2600	2450	1	14927	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2600	2450	1	14927	456

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000218	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000220	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000221	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000218	2600	2600	2600	Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Lowest formation in the Hamersley Group
Giersdorf_00000220	2600	2480	2600-2480	Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Shale and chert layer overlying the Wittenoom carbonate formation, part of the Hamersley group
Giersdorf_00000221	2480	2450	2480-2450	Yes	17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	BIF overlying the Mt. Sylvia and Mt. McRae Shale layers, part of the Hamersley group

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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