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


mindat Locality ID: 270106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mulwarrie, Davyhurst Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Buninyong Gold Mine
Enterprise Gold Mine
Four Mile Gold Mine
Great Winara Gold Mine
Killaloe Gold Mine
Moonstone Gold Mine
Mulwarrie East Gold Mine
Mulwarrie Gold Mine
Mulwarrie Main Reef Gold Mine
Mulwarrie North Gold Mine
Mulwarrie South Gold Mine
Oakley Gold Mine
Thunderbolt Gold Mine
Ularring Westralia Gold Mine (Mount Higgins Proprietary)

Latitude: 30°'8"S
Longitude: 120°34'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.002222222222,120.57

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 Au C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCopperEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteHalotrichiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltTalc

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1177348803
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O11774342
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11773827770
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O117743484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21177349617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS217738,1774324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1417730,17731,17732,17733,17734,17735,17736,17737,17738,17739,17740,17741,17742,1774330554
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1177344924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21177345800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211773417380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O117743265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2317738,17742,1774339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2917730,17734,17737,17738,17739,17740,17741,17742,1774361156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21177393337



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