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Locality Name:
Yaloginda Goldfield (Bluebird; Eight Mile; Yallowgindat), Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 265427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yaloginda Goldfield (Bluebird; Eight Mile; Yallowgindat), Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Ascot Gold Mine
Ascot West Gold Mine
Bassetts West Gold Mine
Batavia Gold Mine
Blackjack Gold Mine
Bluebird East Gold Mine
Bluebird Gold Mine
Chunderloo Prospect
Criterion Gold Mine
Gibraltar Gold Mine
Karangahaki Gold Mine (Phantom)
Kelpie Gold Mine
Maranui Gold Mine
Mystery Gold Mine (West Yaloginda)
Revenue Gold Mine
Rocklee Gold Mine
Romsey Gold Mine
Sirdar Gold Mine
South Junction Gold Mine
Surprise Gold Mine
Two Bells Gold Mine
Whangamata Gold Mine

Latitude: 26°41'43"S
Longitude: 118°25'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.695277777778,118.42777777778
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 C Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSerpentineSpinelTalc

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1176838803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4117682708
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21176795509
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1176793531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1176792970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1176797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1617675,17676,17678,17679,17680,17681,17682,17683,17684,17685,17686,17687,17688,17689,17691,1769230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311767814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4217678,176895591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1176821487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4217678,1768214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211767912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2217678,1767917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2317676,17678,1767939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81176799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21017676,17678,17679,17681,17682,17684,17686,17688,17689,1769261156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2217678,176823337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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