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Locality Name:
Mount Gibson Conservation Reserve, Retaliation Goldfield, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 264575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Gibson Conservation Reserve, Retaliation Goldfield, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bonnie Venture Gold Mine
Kiaby Well Prospect
Mount Gibson Gold Mine
Mount Gibson Iron Ore Mine (Extension Hill D50)
Paynes Crusoe Gold Mine (Crusoe; Robinson Crusoe; Harp; Golden Harp; Retaliation; Hayes Reward; Atlas No1)
Wolfram King Mine
Wolfram Queen Mine

Latitude: 29°35'"S
Longitude: 117°11'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.583333333333,117.19222222222
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 B Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGarnetKaolinite
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelane
TalcTetrahedriteTourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dravite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31190282353
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211902827198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181190281008
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)119028648
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4119028445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11902824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)219028,190297437
Gold  (*)CopperAu319026,19028,1903030554
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)411902961
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2119029223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3219028,1902914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6219026,190282228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41190285591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411902914899
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)211902961
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211902817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211902839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81190289056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2419026,19028,19029,1903161156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1190282705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31190281214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11902821482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O119029456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131190285317


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