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Locality Name:
Duketon Area, Duketon Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 269122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duketon Area, Duketon Goldfield, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Anchor Gold Mine
Duketon Mining Centre
Fisher Well Prospect
Golden Spinifex Gold Mine
Lauriston Gold Mine
Mason Hill Prospect
Minewai Gold Mine (Crescent; Manawoi)
Moolart Well Gold Mine
Mount Maiden Gold Mine
Rose Of Persia Gold Mine
The Patch Alluvial Gold Area
Tuff Hill Prospect
Wallaroo Gold Mine

Latitude: 27°38'33"S
Longitude: 122°16'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.6425,122.27138888889
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 B Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1170959052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2417090,17093,17095,1709927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS417090,17093,17095,1709924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1117088,17091,17092,17093,17094,17095,17096,17097,17098,17099,1710030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41170985591
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4117095229
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2317090,17093,1709917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2417090,17093,17095,1709939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2517088,17093,17095,17096,1709961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1170932705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS417090,17093,17095,1709921482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131170931803


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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