Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cawse Ni Mine, Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2697
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 270464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cawse Ni Mine, Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°22'53"S
Longitude: 121°9'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.381388888889,121.15916666667

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.

Clay	Coronadite	Diaspore	None	Smectite-vermiculite	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 Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Coronadite Diaspore None Smectite-vermiculite Talc

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcophanite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Goethite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Talc ()*
Todorokite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	2697	2600	197
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2697	2600	599
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2697	2600	7437
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2697	2600	471
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2697	2600	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	2697	2600	433

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb		zircon	Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb	high		Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
G35_703-004	2697	2679	2688 ± 9	Re-Os			Yes				203489	Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Ora Banda-Enterprise, Yilgarn, Australia	Hannah et al. (2007)	10.1130/G23538A.1	G35_703
Mo-00406	2692	2674	2683±9	Re-Os		molybdenite	Yes	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	203489	Ora Banda Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Ora Banda-Enterprise	Hannah et al. (2007)	10.1130/G23538A.1	G35_703

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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