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Locality Name:
Erilstoun Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 269074
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269074.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Erilstoun Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Baneygo Gold Mine
Ben Hur Gold Prospect
Cork Tree Well Gold Mine (Corktree Well; Delta)
Cox's Find Gold Mine
Erilstoun Creek Area
Garden Well Gold Mine
King Of Creation Gold Mine
Little Doris Gold Mine
Mighty Atom Gold Mine
Mistake Gold Mine (No Mistake)
Old Peculiar Gold Mine
Reichelt's Find Gold Mine
Rosemont Gold Mine
Russell's Find Gold Mine
Swincer's Gold Mine (Swincer's Patch)
Westralia Tasmania Gold Mine (Dwyers)

Latitude: 28°'58"S
Longitude: 122°20'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.016111111111,122.34111111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211712327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21171199895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11712324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1617112,17113,17114,17115,17117,17118,17119,17120,17121,17122,17123,17125,17126,17127,17128,1712930554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211711917380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O117112471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1171122994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2317114,17119,1712339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2817112,17113,17119,17120,17121,17122,17123,1712661156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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