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Locality Name:
Fraser Range, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 267017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fraser Range, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
American Quarry (FRG 143)
Bollinger Deposit
Fantasia Quarry (FRG 140)
Fraser Range Black Quarry (FRG 106)
Garnet Ice Quarry
Gold Black Leaf Quarry (FRG 142)
Horseshoe Quarry (FRG 138)
Nova Deposit (Nova Project)
Phil's Quarry (FRG 144)
Verde Austral Quarry

Latitude: 32°1'44"S
Longitude: 122°48'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.028888888889,122.81166666667

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparMicaNickelineNonePentlandite
PyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitaniteZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)21156373419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2215638,1564427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1156418173
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1156414924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211563917380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8215638,156441512
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6115642303
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8215638,156449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2415637,15639,15641,1564661156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41156421934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1156414899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)215641,156465251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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