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:
Mosquito Creek Goldfield, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 274508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mosquito Creek Goldfield, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Ard Patrick Gold Mine
Bellevue Gold Mine
Federal Gold Mine
Galtee More Gold Mine
Galtee More North Gold Mine
Galtee More West Gold Mine
Hugh Wilkies Gold Mine
Lands End Gold Mine
Mountain Maid Gold Mine
Nicholl's Reward Gold Mine
Off Chance Gold Mine
Parnell East Gold Mine
Parnell Gold Mine
Parnell No. 1 West Gold Mine
Parnell North Gold Mine
Rattler Gold Mine
Sudden Jerk Gold Mine
Surprise Gold Mine (Latest Surprise)

Latitude: 21°50'51"S
Longitude: 120°28'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.8475,120.47805555556

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	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite

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 Cu Fe H O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Kaolinite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	16103,16104,16105,16106,16107,16110,16111,16112,16113,16115,16117,16118,16120	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	16115	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	16111	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	16103,16104,16106,16111,16120	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	16104,16106,16111,16112	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	16103	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	16120	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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