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Locality Name:
Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 269697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Salt Creek Prospect
Tropicana Gold Mine

Latitude: 29°22'12"S
Longitude: 124°44'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.37,124.7475

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Titanite ()*
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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Titanite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	17912	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	17912	489
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	17912	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	17912	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	17912	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	17912	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	17912	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	17912	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	17912	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	17912,17919	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	17919	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17912	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17919	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	17912	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	17912	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	17912,17919	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	17912	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	17912,17919	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	17912,17919	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	17912,17919	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	17912	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	17912	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	17912	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	17912	337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	17912	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	17912	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00059	4000	2500	Archean											269702	Salt Creek Prospect, Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Salt Creek	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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