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Locality Name:
Boogardie Goldfield, Mount Magnet, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 264723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boogardie Goldfield, Mount Magnet, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 50
Child Localities:
Adonis Gold Mine
Andromeda Gold Mine
Black Cat Gold Mine
Black Cat South Gold Mine
Black Hole Mine
Boomer Gold Mine
Brown Hill Gold Mine
Eclipse Leases
Edward Carson Gold Mine
Frank's Tower Gold Mine
Golden Crown Gold Mine (Neptune)
Golden Stream Gold Mine
Havelock Gold Mine
Hesperus Dawn Gold Mine (Hesperus)
Hill 50 Gold Mine
Hill 60 Gold Mine
Jinx Gold Mine
Jupiter Gold Mine
Lone Hand Gold Mine (Constellation; Lone Pine)
Mars Gold Mine
Midlothian Leases
Milky Way Gold Mine
Monarch Gold Mine
Morning Star Gold Mine
New Chum Gold Mine
O.K. Gold Mine
O.K. North Mine
Olympus Gold Mine
OMeara Gold Mine
Paris Gold Mine
Parkinson Gold Mine (Star Pit)
Perseverance Gold Mine
Planet And Meteor Gold Mines
Poverty Flats
Quasar Gold Mine
Reno Gold Mine
Rock Of Cashel Mine (Rose Shamrock And Thistle)
Saturn Gold Mine
Saturn West Gold Mine
Shannon Gold Mine
St George Gold Mine
Star Of The West Gold Mine
Stellar Gold Mine
Three Stars Gold Mine
Titan Gold Mine
Valhalla Gold Mine
Vegas Gold Mine
Venus Gold Mine
Water Tank Hill Gold Mine
Windbag Gold Mine

Latitude: 28°3'3"S
Longitude: 117°48'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.050833333333,117.80666666667

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChloriteChloritoidClayCopperCorundumFeldspar
KaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel
StibniteStilpnomelaneTalc

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1180328803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21180163092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1180259052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1180361966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11803227770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4118025352
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2118017376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81180161756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21180329895
Gold  (*)CopperAu4118003,18004,18005,18007,18008,18009,18010,18012,18013,18014,18015,18016,18017,18019,18020,18021,18022,18023,18024,18025,18026,18027,18030,18031,18032,18033,18034,18035,18036,18037,18039,18040,18042,18043,18044,18045,18046,18047,18048,18050,1805130554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2118016223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3218016,1805014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4518020,18034,18036,18042,180435591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4218016,1805014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21180325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2518017,18025,18032,18036,1804217380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O118012471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2918012,18014,18016,18019,18022,18025,18032,18036,1804239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8318016,18032,180509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21818007,18009,18012,18014,18015,18016,18017,18019,18020,18022,18024,18025,18026,18031,18032,18036,18043,1805061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)318016,18032,180506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1180145186
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)118025446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3318010,18025,180323418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O118016456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2218024,180363337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3118010369



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