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Locality Name:
Kookynie Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 269306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kookynie Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kookynie
Niagara
Tampa

Latitude: 29°18'33"S
Longitude: 121°26'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.309166666667,121.43722222222

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 Bi C Ca Fe H K O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBismutiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparKaolinite
MarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetradymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2217797,177993092
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi417794,17795,17797,177981966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3217797,177991935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)217797,17799716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)217797,1779927770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)317780,17785,178098173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS417781,17782,17784,1779924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2817780,17781,17782,17783,17784,17785,17786,17787,17788,17789,17790,17791,17792,17794,17795,17796,17797,17798,17799,17800,17801,17803,17804,17805,17806,17807,17808,1780930554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31177805433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4317787,17792,178035591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4317780,17804,1780914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21177995674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1177854924
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1177802349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2817780,17785,17787,17791,17797,17799,17804,1780939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2917780,17784,17787,17791,17797,17799,17803,17805,1780961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11779721482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1177992045
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S217797,17799510



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