Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Queen Victoria Springs Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 269670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen Victoria Springs Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mulga Rocks U Prospects

Latitude: 30°21'17"S
Longitude: 123°31'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.354722222222,123.51861111111

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.

Baddeleyite	Baryte	Brannerite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brannerite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Selenium ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Se Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Baryte Brannerite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	17922	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	17925	2734
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	17925	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	17922,17925	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	17922	248
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	17922,17925	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	17925	5707
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2	17922,17925	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	17925	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	17922,17925	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	17922	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	17922,17925	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17925	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	17922,17925	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	17922,17925	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17925	14899
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	17925	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	17922,17925	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	17922,17925	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	17922,17925	5614
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	2	17922,17925	143
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	17922,17925	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	17922	2045
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	17922	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	17922,17925	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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