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Locality Name:
Forrestania Goldfield (Mount Holland), Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2920

mindat Locality ID: 266736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forrestania Goldfield (Mount Holland), Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Blue Vein Gold Mine
Bounty Gold Mine
Bounty North Gold Mine
British Hill Gold Mine
Bush Pig Gold Mine
Cheriton Gold Mine (Cheriton's Find; Cheriton Reward; Golden Mile; Domino; Redwing)
Constance Una Gold Mine
Darjeeling Gold Mine
Dulcie Jean Gold Mine
Earl Grey Gold Mine
Forrestania Gold Project (Mt Holland)
Irish Breakfast Deposit
Jasmine Gold Mine
Langley Gold Mine
Razorback Gold Mine
Scots Greys Gold Mine (Scots Grey)
Teddy Bear Gold Mine
Van Uden Gold Mine

Latitude: 32°'33"S
Longitude: 119°40'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.009166666667,119.68277777778
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 As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnet
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Tremolite  (*)
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)2292029201190903419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3292029201190902353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5292029201190921310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29202920219090,190929052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2920292011909027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22920292011909027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)292029201190901025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)292029201190908173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)229202920119090129
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2920292011909024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu29202920619092,19094,19095,19097,19102,1910430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC292029201190902812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)229202920119090223
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O629202920119090741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O429202920219090,1909214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2292029201190905674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2292029201190905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22920292011909017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8292029201190901512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229202920319090,19092,1909439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S829202920219090,190929056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229202920419090,19092,19094,1910261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)292029201190904894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)292029201190942705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5292029201190921516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2920292011909021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O629202920119090688
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2292029201190902562


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_612Includes Cosmic Boy, Daybreak, Digger Rocks, Flying Fox, New Morning. Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiites.


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG105_1057_036292029202920       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru266736Forrestania Goldfield (Mount Holland), Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaForrestaniaBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_612300030003000 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu266736Forrestania Goldfield (Mount Holland), Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaForrestania NickelHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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