Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chaffers Gold Mine, Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 272391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaffers Gold Mine, Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°47'49"S
Longitude: 121°30'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.796944444444,121.50222222222

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.

Arsenic	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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: As Au C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Calcite Copper Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenic ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	2680	2600	379
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2638	2620	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2680	2600	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2680	2600	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2680	2600	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2680	2600	712

3 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
EG90_845-00002	2638	2620	2629±9	Ar-Ar		muscovite	Yes	Muscovite		Au, Te	11401	Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Golden Mile deposit	Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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