Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Location 2 Deposit (Location 5B), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2613
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2591

mindat Locality ID: 266111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Location 2 Deposit (Location 5B), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°21'58"S
Longitude: 121°30'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.366111111111,121.50472222222

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	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: As Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2613	2591	3419
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2613	2591	27198
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2613	2591	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2613	2591	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2613	2591	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2613	2591	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2613	2591	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2613	2591	61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2613	2591	2562

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
	Kristen002501	2613	2591	2602±11				zircon			Yes	Zircon			17479	Londonderry Li Deposit (Londonderry Feldspar Quarry; Fraser's Find; Frazer's Find; Scahill's Quarry), Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Londonderry-Spargoville	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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