Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 270105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Davyhurst, Davyhurst Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Eileen Gold Mine (Lady Eileen; Lone Hand)
Golden Eagle Gold Mine
Golden Pole Gold Mine
Great Ophir Gold Mine
Great Pharoah Gold Mine
Homeward Bound Gold Mine
Homeward Gold Mine
Lady Eileen South Gold Mine
Light Of Israel Gold Mine (Lights Of Israel)
Melrose Gold Mine
North Pole Gold Mine (Alaska)
Oasis Reward Gold Mine
Waihi Gold Mine (Westralia Waihi)

Latitude: 30°2'31"S
Longitude: 120°38'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.041944444444,120.64666666667

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	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tourmaline

23 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	1	17724	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	17718,17728	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	17724	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	17718,17719,17724	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	17718,17724,17728	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	17718	4135
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	17724	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	17716,17717,17718,17719,17720,17721,17722,17723,17724,17725,17726,17727,17728	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	17724	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	17724	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17724	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	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)	2	17718,17728	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	17724	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	17719,17724,17728	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	17718,17724	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	17716,17718,17721,17722,17724,17725,17727,17728	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	17718	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	17719,17724	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	17724	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	17728	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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