Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sunrise-Birthday Gold Mine, Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 268603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunrise-Birthday Gold Mine, Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°1'52"S
Longitude: 120°32'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.031111111111,120.54805555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Clay	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Talc

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: Au Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper None Pyrite Quartz Talc

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2710	2700	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2700	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2710	2700	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	3337

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG105_1057_030	Also see: DOI 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG105_1057_030	2710	2700	2710-2700							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	205671	Agnew Gold Mine (Waroonga Underground Complex; Waroonga; Waroonga South; 450 South; EMU; Woronga), Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Agnew-Wiluna Belt	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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