Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 274502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Clunes
Creswick
Daylesford
Glengower
Mount Franklin
Trentham

Latitude: 37°19'21"S
Longitude: 144°2'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.3225,144.03472222222

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	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Epsomite	Feldspar	Harmotome	Lévyne	Mica	Natrolite	None	Pharmacosiderite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Thomsonite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Antimony ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*	Mesolite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*
Phillipsite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Epsomite Feldspar Harmotome Lévyne Mica Natrolite None Pharmacosiderite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Thomsonite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	14214	1627
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	14225	363
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	14199,14214,14245,14250	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	14225	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	14199	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	14247	2060
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	14206	150
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	14209,14214,14245,14250	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	14250	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	2	14209,14214	66
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	14199	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	14199	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	14230	1797
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	14199	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	14199	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30	14201,14206,14209,14211,14214,14217,14218,14221,14222,14223,14224,14225,14226,14227,14228,14229,14230,14231,14232,14233,14234,14236,14237,14238,14239,14240,14241,14242,14243,14244	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	14245	167
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	14249	5433
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	2	14209,14214	42
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	14209	425
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	14199	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	14225,14237	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	14214	1236
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	14247	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	14246,14248,14250	2994
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	14250	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	14199,14225,14232,14237	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	14201,14206,14209,14211,14217,14221,14222,14223,14224,14225,14226,14227,14228,14229,14230,14231,14232,14233,14234,14236,14237,14238,14239,14241,14242,14243,14244	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	14206	1711
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14245	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	14206,14245,14250	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	14219	1934
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	14209,14214	452
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	14249	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	14245,14249	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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