Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Stuart Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2770
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1790

mindat Locality ID: 275587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Stuart Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Belvedere Mine (Belfry; Blacks; Metawandy; Mount McGrath; Tombstone)
Cane River Mine (Cane Hill Mine; Cano; Highams)
Lockes Mine (Whynot Mine)
Paulsens Gold Mine (Melrose)
Red Hill Mine (Beechworth's; Niven's)
Red Hill South Mine
Rundles Hill Mine

Latitude: 22°11'54"S
Longitude: 116°7'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.198333333333,116.12222222222

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2770	2770	1	14828	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2770	2770	1	14828	9052
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	2770	2770	1	14825	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1790	1790	1	14826	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2770	2770	1	14825	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2770	1790	4	14826,14827,14828,14829	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2770	1790	4	14826,14828,14829,14831	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2770	1790	2	14829,14830	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1790	1790	5	14826,14827,14829,14830,14831	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2770	1790	5	14826,14828,14829,14830,14831	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2770	1790	2	14825,14826	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1790	1790	2	14826,14829	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2770	2770	1	14828	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1790	1790	1	14826	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1790	1790	5	14826,14827,14829,14830,14831	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1790	1790	1	14826	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2770	2770	1	14825	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2770	1790	3	14826,14828,14829	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1790	1790	5	14826,14827,14829,14830,14831	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000215	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback
Giersdorf_00000229	Model derived primarily from studies conducted in the Mount Tom Price mine but with supplemental information acquired from the Channar and Mount Whaleback

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000215	2770	2770	2770							Yes				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Fortescue Group begins with early clastic sedimentation and mafic volcanism
	Giersdorf_00000229	1790	1790	1790		Postdated age of granites folded into the Ashburton formation					Yes				17597	Mount Tom Price Mine, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mount Tom Price Mine	Taylor et. al (2001)	0361-0128/01/3161/837-37	EG96_837	Postdated age of the Ashburton formation

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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