Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
West Pilbara Iron Ore Project, Red Hill Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2450

mindat Locality ID: 273317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Pilbara Iron Ore Project, Red Hill Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cardo Bore East
Cardo Bore North
Catho Well
Cochrane
Hardey River
Jewel
Ken's Bore
Ken's Bore East
Red Hill Creek
Trinity Bore
Upper Cane

Latitude: 22°4'22"S
Longitude: 116°9'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.072777777778,116.15277777778

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000218	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000221	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

2 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_00000218	2600	2600	2600							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	Lowest formation in the Hamersley Group
	Giersdorf_00000221	2480	2450	2480-2450							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	BIF overlying the Mt. Sylvia and Mt. McRae Shale layers, part of the Hamersley group

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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