Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wiluna Gold Mines, Wiluna, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 26544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wiluna Gold Mines, Wiluna, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bulletin Deposit
Caledonian Gold Mine

Latitude: 26°36'14"S
Longitude: 120°13'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.603888888889,120.23277777778

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Mica None Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rutile Stibnite Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	18886	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	18886	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	18886	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	18886	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	18886	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	18886	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	18886	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18886	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	18886	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	18886	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	18886	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	18886	5614
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	0		446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	18886	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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