Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2770
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2770

mindat Locality ID: 272951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community (Yandearra; Yandeearra; Yandeyarra), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Black Gin
Empress Gold Mine (Britannia; Empress Gift)
Empress Well North Gold Mine
Foochow Gold Mine (European; Pinyang)
Hidden Treasure Gold Mine
Hong Kong Gold Mine (Three Prodigals; Queen Victoria)
John Bull Gold Mine
Pilbara Top Camp
Pine Mountain
Pioneer Gold Mine (Pioneer Extended)
Pride Prospect
Princess May
Quartz Hill
Sandy Creek Gold Prospect
Teichman Gold Mine
Warden Pool
Yule Tin South

Latitude: 21°13'46"S
Longitude: 118°17'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.229444444444,118.28638888889

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Feldspar	Malachite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu H O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar Malachite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Tourmaline

18 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2770	2770	1	18393	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2770	2770	0		2734
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2770	2770	1	18393	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2770	2770	2	18378,18382	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2770	2770	1	18393	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2770	2770	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2770	2770	1	18378	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2770	2770	1	18382	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2770	2770	0		3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2770	2770	4	18378,18382,18383,18388	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2770	2770	10	18378,18379,18380,18381,18382,18383,18386,18388,18390,18391	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2770	2770	1	18393	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2770	2770	1	18377	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2770	2770	5	18378,18379,18382,18383,18391	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2770	2770	7	18378,18379,18381,18382,18383,18391,18393	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2770	2770	1	18377	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2770	2770	1	18393	2705
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2770	2770	1	18378	1101

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

1 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
	Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770	2770							Yes				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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