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Locality Name:
Talga Talga Goldfield, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3293
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2800

mindat Locality ID: 273666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talga Talga Goldfield, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Day Dawn Gold Mine
Galatea Gold Mine
Jubilee Gold Mine
McPhee's Reward Gold Mine (Zephyr)
Monte Christo Mine
No. 1 North Reward Mine
North-West Goldfields Company Gold Mines
Reward Claim (Breen And Wilson)
South Star Of The North Gold Mine
Star Of The North Gold Mine

Latitude: 21°'32"S
Longitude: 119°49'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.008888888889,119.82444444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3293	2800	2	15954,15956	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3293	2800	1	15956	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3293	2800	1	15954	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3293	2800	1	15956	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3293	2800	8	15947,15948,15949,15950,15953,15954,15955,15956	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3293	2800	1	15953	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3293	2800	2	15950,15953	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3293	2800	4	15948,15950,15953,15956	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3293	2800	1	15956	6417

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG97_873-00018	pegmatite
EG97_873-00019	pegmatite
EG97_873-00020	pegmatite
EG97_873-00021	pegmatite

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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
EG97_873-00018	2860	2800	2830±30	Rb-Sr	muscovite	Yes	Muscovite	248962	Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolyella	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00019	2855	2823	2839±16	Pb-Pb	cassiterite	Yes	Cassiterite	248962	Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolyella	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00020	2921	2815	2868±53	Pb-Pb	cassiterite	Yes	Cassiterite	248962	Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolyella	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00021	3293	2843	3068±225	Pb-Pb	apatite	Yes		248962	Moolyella Pegmatite Field, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Moolyella	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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