Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Australasian Gold Mine (Australasian; New Australasian Group), Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2742
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2670

mindat Locality ID: 266004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Australasian Gold Mine (Australasian; New Australasian Group), Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°59'21"S
Longitude: 121°11'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.989166666667,121.18527777778

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.

Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Mica	None	Quartz

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 Ca Fe H K O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Fe H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Mica None Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2742	2670	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2742	2670	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2742	2670	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2742	2670	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2742	2670	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-N382_703-0001	2742	2670	2706±36	Re-Os isochron				Z58542, Z55765, Z55710, Z55725, Z58502, Z58507, Z5		Yes			Mo	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Kambalada, Perseverance, and Mt. Keith	Foster et al. (1996)	10.1038/382703a0	N382_703

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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