Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Binneringie Station, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 275712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Binneringie Station, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Binneringie Opal Deposit
Binneringie Tantalite (Bald Hill Pegmatites; Woodline Pegmatites)
Dawn View Pegmatites
Saint John Pegmatites

Latitude: 31°30'14"S
Longitude: 122°9'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.503888888889,122.15805555556

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	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tantite ()*	Wodginite ()*

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 B Be F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Tourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	15072,15075,15076	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2	15072,15075	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	15072	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	15072	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	15076	520
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	2	15072,15075	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	15072	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	15072,15075	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2	15072,15075	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	15072,15075,15076	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	15071	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	15072,15075,15076	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	15072,15075,15076	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	5	15072,15073,15074,15075,15076	688
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	15072	99
Tantite ()*	None	Ta₂O₅	1	15075	5
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	15072	78

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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