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


mindat Locality ID: 266223
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266223.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gibraltar Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Ashlar Pink Stone Quarry
Bullabulling Emerald Mine
Bullabulling Gold Mine
Carlton Gold Mine
Cheapside Gold Mine
De Beer's Gold Mine (Reform)
Easter Gift Gold Mine
Gibraltar Gold Mine
Gnarlbine Gold Mine
Great Gnarlbine Gold Mine
Limerick Gold Mine
Lloyd George Gold Mine
Lord Bob Gold Mine
Norris Gold Mine
Prince Of Wales Gold Mine (Glenmore)
Queen Victoria Rocks Prospect

Latitude: 31°1'52"S
Longitude: 120°59'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.031111111111,120.99944444444
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 Au Be C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparKaolinite
MicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eastonite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)215168,151698803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181151674286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11517827770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6115178518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6115177289
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61151684135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21151779895
Eastonite  (*)MicaKAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)211517711
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1151788173
Gold  (*)CopperAu1215168,15169,15171,15172,15173,15174,15175,15176,15177,15178,15179,1518030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311516614640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4215166,151775591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411517714899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1151774924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2315166,15177,1517817380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O115177471
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21151672273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211517739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2915166,15168,15169,15172,15175,15177,15178,15180,1518161156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41151771934
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O115177652


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