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Locality Name:
Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 488

mindat Locality ID: 274500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274500.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ararat
Dunkeld District

Latitude: 37°29'51"S
Longitude: 142°47'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.4975,142.78555555556
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.

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45424881145615516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5424881145615707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS254248811456127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu5185181145563846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5424881145618173
Gold  (*)CopperAu518518214556,1455830554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61145552228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45424881145615591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)254248811456112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS25424881145615800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)254248811456117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2542488214559,1456139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1145551725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2542488214555,1456161156
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O114559636


2 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
vms-00045518518Cambrian       S108673Mount Ararat, Ararat, Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, AustraliaMount AraratMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
PorphCu-00289542488Cambrian?      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Malachite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu205846Thursdays Gossan Prospect, Dunkeld District, Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, AustraliaThursdays GossanSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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