Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Byro Station, Murchison Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 264735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Byro Station, Murchison Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bulgarro Opal Mine (Bulgaroo Opal Mine)
Byro East Prospect (Mekamarra)
Iniagi Well (Imagi Well Mine)
Meegea
Yalbra Graphite Project

Latitude: 25°59'34"S
Longitude: 116°19'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.992777777778,116.31805555556

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.

Amorphous	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Millerite	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine
Spinel

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Millerite None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Graphite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Millerite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	18132	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	18132	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	18133	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	18132	3846
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	18135	2812
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	18132	359
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	18132	1066
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	18131,18133,18134	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	18132	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	18132	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	18133,18134	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	18132	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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