Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Zakanaka Gold Mine (Zakanaka North; Zakanaka South), Pilgangoora Goldfield, 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: 273059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zakanaka Gold Mine (Zakanaka North; Zakanaka South), Pilgangoora Goldfield, Pilgangoora (Pilgangoora Mining Centre; Lynas Find; McPhees Patch; Mount York), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°5'32"S
Longitude: 118°54'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.092222222222,118.90277777778

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Talc
Titanite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Copper Feldspar Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Talc
Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Gold ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3044	2797	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3044	2797	4135
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3044	2797	30554
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3044	2797	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3044	2797	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3044	2797	9056
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3044	2797	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3044	2797	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3044	2797	2562

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG97_873-00011	pegmatite
EG97_873-00012	pegmatite
EG97_873-00013	pegmatite
EG97_873-00014	pegmatite
EG97_873-00015	pegmatite
EG97_873-00016	pegmatite
EG97_873-00017	pegmatite

7 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	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EG97_873-00015	2862	2810	2836±26	Pb-Pb		cassiterite	Yes	Cassiterite	245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Strelley	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00016	3044	2804	2924±120	Pb-Pb		cassiterite	Yes	Cassiterite	245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Strelley	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00017	2869	2797	2833±36	Pb-Pb		apatite	Yes		245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Strelley	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00011	2884	2874	2879±5	Pb-Pb		tantalite	Yes		12155	Green's Well Pegmatite (Green's Tank), Pilgangoora (Pilgangoora Mining Centre; Lynas Find; McPhees Patch; Mount York), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Pilgangoora	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00012	2907	2865	2886±21	Pb-Pb		cassiterite	Yes	Cassiterite	12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tabba Tabba	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00013	3033	2915	2974±59	Pb-Pb		cassiterite	Yes	Cassiterite	12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tabba Tabba	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00014	3688	2008	2848±840	Pb-Pb	low	apatite	Yes		12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Tabba Tabba	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873	large error, authors say age is meaninglesss

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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