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


mindat Locality ID: 270107
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270107.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Callion, Davyhurst Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Callion Gold Mine (Corn In Egypt)
Federal Flag Gold Mine (Round Dam B)
Federal Flag North Gold Mine
Frog Gold Mine
Glasson Gold Mine (BC Pit)
Salmon Gums Gold Mine
Walhalla Gold Mine (Round Dam A)

Latitude: 30°8'22"S
Longitude: 120°36'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.139444444444,120.61583333333
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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
KaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteTitanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alunite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21177083419
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6117708966
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O11770885
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211770827198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81177081756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1177088173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11770824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)217708,177127437
Gold  (*)CopperAu717708,17709,17710,17711,17712,17713,1771430554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1177121398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311770814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4217708,177125591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1177081508
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O117708471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1177122994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211770839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2217708,1771261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2217708,177125614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11770821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31177083418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1177084899


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