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Locality Name:
Neds Creek Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 265741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265741.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neds Creek Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Albatross Gold Mine
Area 4 Gold Mine
Barra Gold Mine (Barramundi)
Bream Gold Mine
Callop Gold Mine
Catfish Gold Mine
Cinnamon Gold Mine (Cinnamon-Budgie Pit)
Dogfish North Pit
Dogfish South Pit
Exocet Gold Mine
Flamingo Gold Mine
Green Dragon Mine
Mareast Gold Mine
Marwest Gold Mine
Parrot Gold Mine
Pelican Gold Mine
Piranha Gold Mine
Plutonic Gold Mine
Redfin Gold Mine
Ricci-Lee Mine (Ricci)
Rooney Mine
Thaduna Cu Mine
Thaduna North Prospect
Triple P Gold Mine (PPP)
Trout Gold Mine
Zone 550M Gold Mine

Latitude: 25°18'19"S
Longitude: 119°36'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.305277777778,119.60277777778

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
EpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzScheelite
SphaleriteTalcTitanite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2217583,175893419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1175878803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21176033092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS217587,176039052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2317581,17601,176035509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41176035516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)217587,1760327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S317581,17601,176035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2217587,1760327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1176033531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1176033846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1176034165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O317581,17601,176032970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21176039895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1175878173
Gold  (*)CopperAu2117570,17571,17572,17574,17575,17576,17577,17580,17583,17585,17587,17589,17590,17592,17593,17594,17597,17598,17599,17605,1760630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1176032812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311760314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2317581,17601,1760312537
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21175872273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2217587,1760339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81175879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2317587,17601,1760361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1175874894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11758721482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21175893337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1175874899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2217583,175892562



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