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Locality Name:
Bullfinch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 266572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bullfinch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Birthday Gold Mine
Carterton Gold Mine (Newfields)
Chaffinch Gold Mine
Copperhead Gold Mine
Eenuin Gold Area
Golden Valley Gold Area
Great Bingin Gold Mine (Marie's Find; Sterling)
Mistletoe Gold Mine
Radio Gold Mine (Radio Deeps; Radio North)
Reynold's Find Gold Mine (Golden Promise)
Rowan's Find Gold Area
Rutherford's Find Gold Mine
Wither's Find Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°52'6"S
Longitude: 119°4'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.868333333333,119.0825
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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21190783419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2219076,190785509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41190785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11907827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1190794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211907927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21190789895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS219078,1907924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1219075,19076,19078,19079,19080,19081,19082,19083,19084,19085,19086,1908730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311907814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411907814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219076,1907812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21190785674
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O119079471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1190782994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2419078,19080,19083,1908639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8419078,19079,19080,190839056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21019075,19076,19078,19079,19080,19081,19083,19084,19086,1908761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1190785186
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2219078,190863337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21190782562
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl119079605


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