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Locality Name:
Higginsville Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2631
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2611

mindat Locality ID: 266187
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266187.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Higginsville Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Chalice Gold Mine
Challenge Swordsman Gold Mine
Eundynie Gold Mines
Fairplay Gold Mine (Sugar Gum)
Graveyard Gold Mine
Mitchell Gold Mine
Poseidon South Gold Mine
Sons Of Erin Gold Mine
Trident Gold Mine
Two Boys Gold Mine
Vine Gold Prospect

Latitude: 31°45'41"S
Longitude: 121°42'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.761388888889,121.71638888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Copper	Löllingite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Gold ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Te Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Copper Löllingite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Spinel Tetradymite Titanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2631	2611	1	15183	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2631	2611	1	15183	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2631	2611	1	15183	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2631	2611	1	15183	4135
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2631	2611	7	15183,15184,15185,15186,15190,15191,15192	30554
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2631	2611	1	15183	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2631	2611	1	15183	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2631	2611	1	15183	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2631	2611	1	15183	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2631	2611	1	15183	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2631	2611	4	15183,15186,15191,15192	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2631	2611	1	15183	4894
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2631	2611	1	15183	276
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2631	2611	1	15183	4899

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-00481	2631	2611	2621±10	Re-Os, U-Pb			molybdenite	CUD001510			Molybdenite		Mo	240046	Chalice Gold Mine, Higginsville Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Chalice Gold Deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia	Bucci et al. (2004)	10.2113/gsecongeo.99.6.1123	EG99_1123

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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