Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red October Gold Mine, Linden Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 268868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red October Gold Mine, Linden Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°13'15"S
Longitude: 122°24'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.220833333333,122.41388888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Talc

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sepiolite ()*	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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None
Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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