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Locality Name:
Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 424
Youngest recorded age at locality: 416

mindat Locality ID: 269853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°50'45"S
Longitude: 147°31'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.845833333333,147.52361111111
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 B Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeApatiteArrojaditeArthuriteAutuniteCarminiteClayColumbiteFeldsparLazulite
MicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosideriteQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRutile
TourmalineTripliteWagneriteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Autunite  (*)
Bertossaite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Strengite  (*)Triplite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)
Wolfeite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)42441608803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3424416094
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F4244160244
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2424416050
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O42441601272
Bertossaite  (*)CarminiteLi2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)442441606
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4424416059
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO242441605171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O64244160518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)4244160520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F42441602740
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)4244160204
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3424416034
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)24244160232
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)42441604924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)4244160945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)4244160200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2424416017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)42441602349
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O424416031
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O4244160182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)424416080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2424416061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)54244160206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO242441605614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)42441602705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2424416060
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O4244160263
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F4244160233
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O424416036
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)424416043
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)42441605251
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F424416047


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PRSV127_55-001424416420 ± 4Th/U/PbAge of pegmatitemonazite     269853Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaKnocker pegmatiteEagle et al. (2015)10.1071/RS15018PRSV127_55age of Knocker pegmatite, aslo stated that the age is proxy for Mount Willis which is undated
Scott-PRSV127_55-0001424416420±4Th-U-Pbage of intrusionmonazite   Alluaudite, Amblygonite, Fluorapatite, Heterosite, Lazulite, Montebrasite, Purpurite, Triplite, Wolfeite, Zwieselite, ScorzaliteCa, Mn, P, O, F, Fe, Al, K, Na, H, Li269853Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaKnocker PegmatiteEagle et al. (2015)10.1071/RS15018PRSV127_55P. 66

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