Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 269509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yarri Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Chateau Tanunda Gold Mine (Welch's Find)
Golden Hill Gold Mine
Great Banjo Gold Mine
Margaret Gold Mine (Paget)
Millionaire Gold Mine (Million Dollar)
Mount Wallbrook Gold Mine (Redbrook; Eleven Bells; Red Flag; Crusader)
Porphyry Gold Mine
Quondong Gold Mine
Rainbow Gold Mine
Tonbridge Gold Mine
Wallaby Central Gold Mine
Wallaby Gold Mine
Wallaby North Gold Mine
Walsh Rock Prospect
Yilgangie Gold Mine (Yilgangi; Yilgangie Queen)

Latitude: 29°46'16"S
Longitude: 122°16'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.771111111111,122.28111111111

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Titanite

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 Ca Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	17941,17952	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	17952	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	17949	9052
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	17952	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	17941,17942,17943,17944,17945,17946,17947,17948,17949,17951,17952,17953,17955	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	17946	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	17941	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	17949,17952	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	17941	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	17949,17951,17952	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	17941,17942,17946,17948,17949,17951,17952,17953,17955	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	17952	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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