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

mindat Locality ID: 270040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Davyhurst Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Callion
Davyhurst
Mulwarrie

Latitude: 30°3'40"S
Longitude: 120°36'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.061111111111,120.61055555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Beidellite ()*
Bischofite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	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 Au B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite Tourmaline

39 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	17708,17724	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	17718,17728,17734	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	17708	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	17724	2162
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	17708	85
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	1	17743	42
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	17718,17719,17724,17738	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	17708,17718,17724,17728	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	17708	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	17718	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	17708	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	17743	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	17734	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	17708,17738,17743	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	17708,17712,17724	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	35	17708,17709,17710,17711,17712,17713,17714,17716,17717,17718,17719,17720,17721,17722,17723,17724,17725,17726,17727,17728,17729,17730,17731,17732,17733,17734,17735,17736,17737,17738,17739,17740,17741,17742,17743	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	17724	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	17712,17724	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	17708,17724	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	17708,17712,17724	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17724	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17719	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	17718,17728,17734	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	17734	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	17708	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	17724,17734	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	17708	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	17712	2994
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	17743	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	17708,17719,17724,17728,17738,17742,17743	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	17718,17724	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	17708,17712,17716,17718,17721,17722,17724,17725,17727,17728,17730,17734,17737,17738,17739,17740,17741,17742,17743	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	17708,17712	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	17718	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	17719,17724	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	17708,17724	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	17708	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	17728,17739	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	17708	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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