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Locality Name:
Pilgangoora (Pilgangoora Mining Centre; Lynas Find; McPhees Patch; Mount York), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3688
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2008

mindat Locality ID: 273042
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273042.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilgangoora (Pilgangoora Mining Centre; Lynas Find; McPhees Patch; Mount York), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Green's Well Pegmatite (Green's Tank)
Hazelby Copper Prospect
McPhee Hill Emerald Locality (McPhees Patch)
Pilgangoora Goldfield
Pilgangoora Pegmatites

Latitude: 21°4'16"S
Longitude: 118°54'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.071111111111,118.91583333333
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: Al As Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundum
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitanite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2304427971184233419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)30442797218413,184358803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS30442797318421,18423,184309052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2304427971184215509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1830442797318413,18422,184354286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)30442797218434,1843527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO230442804618413,18414,18415,18418,18420,184355171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)304427971184294979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23044279711842127198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O630442797318413,18417,18435518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O630442797318413,18417,18435289
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6304427971184344135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF230442797218423,184299617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS30442797218423,1842924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu30442797618423,18424,18429,18430,18432,1843430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O330442797218413,1843514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4304427971184355591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs230442797118430762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O430442797218413,1843514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23044279711842112537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)30442797318413,18434,184354924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)230442797418413,18423,18429,1843517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS230442797418421,18423,18432,1843439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S830442797318421,18430,184349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO230442797718413,18421,18423,18424,18429,18432,1843561156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)330442797218413,184351214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3044279711842121482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O630442797518413,18414,18418,18420,18435688
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)230442797218432,184343337
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O62884287411841399
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O630442797518413,18417,18419,18420,18435211
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O304427971184344899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2304427971184342562
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O82884287411841378


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG97_873-00011pegmatite
EG97_873-00012pegmatite
EG97_873-00013pegmatite
EG97_873-00014pegmatite
EG97_873-00015pegmatite
EG97_873-00016pegmatite
EG97_873-00017pegmatite


7 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
EG97_873-00015286228102836±26Pb-Pb cassiterite  YesCassiterite  245167Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaStrelleySweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00016304428042924±120Pb-Pb cassiterite  YesCassiterite  245167Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaStrelleySweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00017286927972833±36Pb-Pb apatite  Yes  245167Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaStrelleySweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00011288428742879±5Pb-Pb tantalite     12155Green's Well Pegmatite (Green's Tank), Pilgangoora (Pilgangoora Mining Centre; Lynas Find; McPhees Patch; Mount York), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaPilgangooraSweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00012290728652886±21Pb-Pb cassiterite  YesCassiterite  12495Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaTabba TabbaSweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00013303329152974±59Pb-Pb cassiterite  YesCassiterite  12495Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaTabba TabbaSweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873 
EG97_873-00014368820082848±840Pb-Pb lowapatite  Yes  12495Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaTabba TabbaSweetapple and Collins (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873EG97_873large error, authors say age is meaninglesss

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