Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bulong Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 271491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bulong Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Anomaly 38 Prospect
Boundary Gold Prospect
Bulong Alluvial Gold Areas
Bulong Complex North Ni Mine
Bulong Magnesite Deposits
Bulong Ni Mine
Bulong Opal Deposits
Bulong Proprietary Gold Mine (I.O.U. Proprietary)
Bulong Surprise Gold Mine
Bulong Un-named Gold Prospect
Bulong Vermiculite Deposit
Golden West Gold Mine (New Golden West)
Great Oversight Gold Mine
Green Harp Gold Mine
Lake Yindarlgooda Copper-zinc Prospect
Melbourne United Gold Mine
Princess Margaret Gold Mine
Queen Lapage Gold Mine
Queen Margaret Central Gold Mine
Queen Margaret Gem Gold Mine
Queen Margaret Gold Mine
Queen Margaret No. 1 South Gold Mine
Queen Margaret South Consols Gold Mine
Queen Margaret South Extended Gold Mine
Queen Margaret South Gold Mine
Slug Hill Gold Area
Southern Cross Gold Mine
Strathfield Gold Mine (North Strathfield; Castle Corner; Storm King; Stratford)
Sweet Nell Gold Mine (Yindarlgooda; Morelands; Sweet Nell North; Jarvis; Grunt; Grundt; Hansfordhaven)
Taurus Chrysoprase Deposit
Taurus South Gold Prospects
Trump Gold Mine
Virgin Dam Gold Prospect
Vulcan Gold Mine
White Horse Gold Mine
Woodline Alluvial Gold Area

Latitude: 30°43'51"S
Longitude: 121°48'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.730833333333,121.80083333333

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	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Turquoise

Actinolite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gypsum
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Tourmaline Turquoise

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	2680	2600	1	16661	3419
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2680	2600	3	16660,16661,16662	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2680	2600	1	16661	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	1	16667	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2680	2600	1	16660	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	2	16660,16677	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2680	2600	2	16660,16662	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2680	2600	2	16660,16662	951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2680	2600	1	16660	4165
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2680	2600	1	16660	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	30	16657,16658,16659,16661,16664,16665,16666,16668,16669,16670,16672,16673,16674,16675,16676,16677,16678,16679,16680,16681,16682,16683,16684,16685,16687,16688,16689,16690,16691,16692	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2680	2600	1	16677	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2680	2600	1	16662	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2680	2600	1	16660	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2680	2600	3	16669,16679,16688	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2680	2600	3	16661,16663,16686	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2680	2600	1	16660	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2680	2600	2	16660,16677	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	2	16684,16687	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2680	2600	1	16662	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2680	2600	4	16661,16662,16663,16686	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2680	2600	1	16660	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	6	16660,16677,16684,16687,16688,16692	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2680	2600	1	16660	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	12	16661,16662,16671,16677,16679,16683,16685,16686,16687,16688,16690,16692	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2680	2600	1	16692	2705
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	3	16660,16662,16667	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16660	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2680	2600	1	16671	484
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2680	2600	1	16667	652
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2680	2600	1	16660	380

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	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	Age Notes
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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