Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mallina Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 273101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mallina Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Becher Gold Prospect
Camel Gold Prospect
Deep Well (Pit D) Gold Prospect
Fisher's Well Gold Prospect
Indee Gold Mine
Mallina Gold Mine
Opaline Well Gold Prospect
Orange Rock Gold Prospect
Peawah Gold Prospect
Sam's Ridge Gold Prospect
Star Gold Prospect (Star Antimony Mine; Pit E)
Station Peak Gold Mine (Pilgrims Rest)
Withnell Gold Prospect

Latitude: 20°54'18"S
Longitude: 118°6'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.905,118.10861111111

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.

Amorphous	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tourmaline

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica None Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite
Tourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	18369	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	18368,18369	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	18366	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	2	18362,18365	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	18368,18369	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	18369	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	18363	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	18369	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	18357,18358,18359,18360,18361,18362,18363,18364,18365,18366,18367,18368,18369	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	18357	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	18366	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	18357,18369	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	18365	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	18358,18360,18368,18369	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18358	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	18357,18360,18362,18363,18364,18365,18366,18367,18368,18369	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	18369	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	18357	2705
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	2	18362,18365	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	18369	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	18369	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	3	18362,18365,18367	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	6	18359,18360,18362,18365,18366,18367	3418
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	2	18362,18365	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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