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Locality Name:
Barrambie Range Goldfield, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 267370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barrambie Range Goldfield, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Barrambie Perseverance Gold Mine
Barrambie Range Gold Mine
Barrambie South Gold Mine
Barrambie Vanadium Prospect
Doherty Gold Mine
Erroll's Gold Area (Erroll's Find)
Magnum Bonum Gold Mine
Mystery Gold Mine
Parker's Reward Gold Mine
Sugarstone Gold Mine

Latitude: 27°26'41"S
Longitude: 119°8'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.444722222222,119.13361111111

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldsparKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1185478803
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2218547,1855727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1185574165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11854424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1218543,18544,18545,18547,18549,18550,18551,18552,18553,18554,18555,1855730554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41185555591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4218544,1854714899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2318544,18547,1855339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2618543,18544,18547,18553,18555,1855761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1185474894



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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