Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lake Cowan Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 266245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Cowan Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Atreides Gold Mine
Brigette Gold Mine
Cameron Shoot (Cameron Ni Prospect)
Duke Prospect
Josephine Gold Mine
Louis Gold Mine
Napoleon Gold Prospect
Paris Gold Mine (French And Thompson's Saltbush)
Republican Hill Prospect
Rose Gold Mine
Sophia Gold Mine
Stockwell Prospect
Treasure Island Prospect

Latitude: 31°38'37"S
Longitude: 121°52'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.643611111111,121.87638888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

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 Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite
Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	15292	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	15292,15293,15298	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	15298,15301	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	15290,15291,15294,15295,15296,15297,15299,15300	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	15292	1487
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	15298	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	15292,15298,15301	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	15292,15298,15301	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	15292,15298,15301	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	15292,15297	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	15292,15301	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2	15292,15301	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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