Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Padbury Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 265725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Padbury Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Dimble 1
Dimble 2
Dimble 3
Dimble 4
Dimble 5
Dimble 6
Dimble Creek 1 Variscite
Dimble Creek 2 Variscite
Discovery U Quarries
Mount Padbury Meteorite
Top Dimble 1
Top Dimble 2
Top Dimble 3
Top Dimble East
West Dimble
West Dimble 2
West Dimble 3
West Dimble 4

Latitude: 25°36'31"S
Longitude: 118°9'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.608611111111,118.16055555556

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	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Cerite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron	None
Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chromite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Opal ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Variscite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti U V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Baddeleyite Cerite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Iron None
Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Tridymite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	17537	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	17537	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	17537	238
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	17536	1184
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	17537	3902
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	17537	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	17537	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	17537	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	17536	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	17537	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	17537	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17537	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	17537	230
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	17536	2994
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	17537	303
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	17537	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	17537	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	17537	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	17537	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	17537	116
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	17537	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	17537	1044
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	17534	301
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	17537	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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