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Locality Name:
Sandstone, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 267202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandstone, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
55 North Gold Mine
Airport Gold Prospect
Atley Prospect
Bell Chambers Gold Mine
Bulchina Gold Mine
Bull Oak Gold Mine (Hancock; Hancock's Camp; Six Mile)
Bulletin Gold Prospect
Detour Road Gold Mine
Eureka Gold Mine
Goat Farm Gold Mine
Hack's Reef Gold Mine (Black Range; Hack's; Hack's Atlas)
Havilah Gold Mine
Horatia Gold Prospect
Indomitable Gold Prospect
Iron Knob Gold Prospect
Ladybird Gold Prospect
Lord Henry Gold Mine
Lord Nelson Gold Mine
Maninga Marley Gold Mine
Maninga Marley North Gold Mine
Oroya Gold Mine (Oroya Black Range; Sandstone)
Phoenix Gold Prospect (Graveyard)
Plum Pudding Gold Mine
Raffety's Patch Gold Area (Irish; Six Mile)
Sandstone North Gold Prospect
Secret Patch Gold Prospect
Shillington Gold Mine
Two Mile Hill Gold Mine
Vanguard Gold Mine
Wanderie Gold Mines

Latitude: 28°5'27"S
Longitude: 119°20'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.090833333333,119.33472222222
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidote
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTalcTitanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pucherite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS418573,18585,18586,185899052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61185892060
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)118572716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11858927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2318585,18589,1859627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)418572,18581,18586,185898173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS418581,18585,18589,1859624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)318575,18585,185867437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2118569,18572,18573,18575,18576,18579,18580,18581,18582,18583,18584,18585,18586,18587,18588,18589,18591,18592,18596,18597,1859830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1185892812
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21185965800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2518573,18583,18585,18586,1859617380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O118589471
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)11857253
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2618573,18576,18581,18585,18586,1859639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81185729056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21118572,18573,18575,18576,18581,18582,18583,18585,18586,18589,1859661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21185895614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1185865186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS318585,18589,1859621482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21185763337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1185894899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21185762562


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