Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Riverina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 269816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riverina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Golden Horn Gold Mine
Morley's Find
Riverina Gold Mine
Riverina South Gold Mine
Wonder Well

Latitude: 29°42'57"S
Longitude: 120°33'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.715833333333,120.56027777778

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	Beryl	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chromite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Clay Copper Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	17934,17936	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	17934,17936	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	17934	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	17936	4286
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	17936	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	17936	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	17934,17935	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	17927,17929,17930,17931,17932,17933,17934,17935	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	17930	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	17934	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	17934	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	17927	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	17936	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	17936	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	17934,17935	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	17934,17935	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	17929,17930,17932,17934,17935,17936	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	17934	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	17934,17935	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	17936	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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