Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Firetail South Mine, Mount Bruce, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2480
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2450

mindat Locality ID: 273370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Firetail South Mine, Mount Bruce, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°8'27"S
Longitude: 117°55'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.140833333333,117.91777777778

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000221Model 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 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
Giersdorf_00000221248024502480-2450     Yes  17597Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMount Tom Price MineTaylor et. al (2001)0361-0128/01/3161/837-37EG96_837BIF overlying the Mt. Sylvia and Mt. McRae Shale layers, part of the Hamersley group


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