Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paynes Find Goldfield (Goodingnow), Paynes Find, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 264603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paynes Find Goldfield (Goodingnow), Paynes Find, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Aster Gold Mine (Astor; The Astor)
Bluebell Gold Mine
Carnation Gold Mine (Payne's Carnation)
Daffodil Gold Mine
Lake View Gold Mine (Dowd's)
Mariposa Gold Mine (Marraposa)
Orchid Gold Mine
Oversight Gold Mine
Pansy Gold Mine (Payne's Pansy)
Pansy North (Payne's Pansy North)
Rose Gold Mine (Payne's Rose)
Shamrock Gold Mine
Sweet William Gold Mine

Latitude: 29°15'24"S
Longitude: 117°41'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.256666666667,117.69083333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite

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 Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Microcline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	19005,19012	8803
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	19006	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	19008	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	19008	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	19004,19005,19006,19007,19008,19009,19010,19011,19012,19013,19014,19015,19016	30554
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	19006	4924
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	19008	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	19008	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	19006,19008	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	19008	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	19008	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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