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Locality Name:
Linden Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 268852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Linden Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bindah Gold Mine
Butcher Well Gold Mine
Democrat Gold Mine
Devon Gold Mine
Golden Ridge Gold Mine (Federal Golden Ridge)
Greenhills Gold Mine (Nil Desperandum)
Kangaroo Bore Gold Mine
Linden's Reward Gold Mine
Olympic Gold Mine
Red October Gold Mine
Second Fortune Gold Mine (Lady Ethel; Grand Junction; Junction; Local Lady)
Wimerra Gold Mine
Zelica Gold Mine

Latitude: 29°18'13"S
Longitude: 122°24'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.303611111111,122.41277777778
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 As Au C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteMicaNone
PalygorskitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSepioliteSmectite-vermiculiteTalc

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS217333,173419052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)217333,1734127770
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3117341504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1173417437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1317332,17333,17334,17335,17336,17337,17338,17339,17340,17341,17342,17343,1734430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1173416890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1173411398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311734114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41173415591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1173411508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211734117380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O117341306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2217333,1734139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21173413106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2117338771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2317333,17338,1734161156
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O117341241
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21173413337


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