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Locality Name:
City Of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 457
Youngest recorded age at locality: 364

mindat Locality ID: 274525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "City Of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia": 224
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 192

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Alfredton
Bakery Hill
Ballarat
Ballarat East Goldfield
Ballarat Mine (Woolshed Gully)
Ballarat West Goldfield
Black Hill
Buninyong
Learmonth
Newington
Sebastopol

Latitude: 37°33'36"S
Longitude: 143°50'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.56,143.84333333333

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 As Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldspar
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTridymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)457453213571,137248803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2457364313577,13656,136573092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)457453213571,136963250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS457364413655,13656,13657,137489052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6457453213571,137242060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O184574531136974286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2457364213656,1365727198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O64574531136944135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24574531135719895
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)457453113571371
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS457364613583,13655,13656,13657,13760,1377224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4574539813572,13573,13574,13577,13579,13583,13585,13589,13593,13596,13597,13607,13611,13613,13619,13625,13631,13636,13645,13646,13648,13649,13652,13655,13656,13658,13659,13660,13663,13665,13666,13668,13669,13670,13671,13672,13674,13675,13679,13680,13681,13685,13693,13699,13703,13708,13709,13714,13715,13716,13724,13725,13728,13729,13730,13731,13732,13733,13734,13735,13736,13737,13738,13739,13740,13741,13742,13743,13744,13748,13749,13752,13755,13756,13757,13758,13763,13764,13765,13766,13767,13768,13769,13770,13772,13774,13775,13777,13778,13779,13780,13784,13785,13786,13787,13788,13789,1379130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3723641136572812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3457453213571,137245433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44574531136565591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2457453213655,136565674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2457364213656,1365717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O457453213571,137242994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4574531136972349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24573641113583,13585,13648,13655,13656,13657,13660,13671,13675,13752,1377239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84574531136569056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24574531613572,13583,13585,13648,13655,13656,13657,13658,13660,13671,13697,13724,13748,13752,13760,1377261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2457364213655,136575614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)457364213657,136966417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS457364713583,13655,13656,13657,13752,13760,1377221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33723641136573418
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2457453113571458



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
Scott-OGR13_299-0004457453455±240Ar-39Arage of mineralizationsericiteBH-BE-1   Au274525City Of Ballarat, Victoria, AustraliaBallarat EastFoster et al. (1998)10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6OGR13_299 
Deep-Dive-other-00027372364368±4        204429Ballarat West Goldfield, City Of Ballarat, Victoria, AustraliaBallarat West GoldfieldBierlein et al. (1998)10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00026-7OGR13_345 


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