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Locality Name:
Radium Mine, Holleton Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2651
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2629

mindat Locality ID: 266791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Radium Mine, Holleton Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°59'27"S
Longitude: 119°3'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.990833333333,119.06111111111

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 Bi Mg Na O Si V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi Mg Na O Si V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBerylFeldsparNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzScheeliteZircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cordierite  (*)Pucherite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2651262908803
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2651262901966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182651262901008
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)26512629053
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226512629061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52651262901516
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2651262905251



1 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
Kristen002496265126292640±11Sm/Nd albite, garnet  Yes  207543Westonia, Westonia Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaWestonia-HolletonTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 


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