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Locality Name:
Peak Hill, Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 265679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peak Hill, Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fiveways Gold Mine
Harmony Gold Mine (Contact; Baxter)
Jubilee Gold Mine
Main Gold Mine
Ravelstone Manganese Deposits

Latitude: 25°37'10"S
Longitude: 118°41'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.619444444444,118.68416666667
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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldsparKaolinite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
TetrahedriteTourmaline

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)217628,176298803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe117628489
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11762911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1176281966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11762827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2217628,1762927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2217628,176299895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1176297437
Gold  (*)CopperAu417628,17629,17630,1763130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC217628,176312812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311762914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4217628,176295591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21176285800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2217628,1762917380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81176291512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2417628,17629,17630,1763139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21176323106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8217629,176319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2417628,17629,17630,1763161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1176294894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)217628,176302705
Silver  (*)CopperAg1176295186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131176285317


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