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Locality Name:
Aldiss-Karonie, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 271663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aldiss-Karonie, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Aspen Gold Prospect
Esplanade Gold Prospect
French Kiss Gold Prospect
French Kiss North Gold Prospect
Harry's Hill Gold Prospect
Italia Gold Prospect (Argonaut)
K4 Gold Prospect
Karonie Gold Mine
King Gold Prospect
KZ5 Gold Prospect
Little Peck Gold Prospect
Rowe's Find Gold Prospect
Salt Lake City
Spice Gold Prospect
Tank Gold Prospect (Atriedes)

Latitude: 31°8'6"S
Longitude: 122°35'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.135,122.58361111111

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: Ag Al Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Tl 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMarcasiteMeloniteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltTetradymiteTitanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Honeaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Mattagamite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Petzite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe26802600116866489
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe226802600116866361
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22680260011686627198
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe22680260011686640
Gold  (*)CopperAu268026001516859,16860,16861,16862,16863,16864,16865,16866,16867,16868,16869,16870,16871,16872,1687330554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te26802600116866804
Honeaite  (*)Not in a structural groupAu3TlTe2268026001168663
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3268026001168665433
Mattagamite  (*)MarcasiteCoTe2268026001168667
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe226802600116866207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2268026001168665800
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe226802600116866409
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2268026001168661898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22680260011686639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8268026001168669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22680260011687061156
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te326802600116866276
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O268026001168664899



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG90_845-00003267826702674±4Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 
Hg-0011726802600 Ar-Ar, U-Pb high   YesColoradoiteHg223Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia Kent and McDougall (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845EG90_845 


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